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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 03 > With recession, small libraries see use climb, and not just for books

With recession, small libraries see use climb, and not just for books

Computer use is big, especially with people seeking jobs or filing for unemployment

By Whitney Malkin / The Bulletin
May 3, 2009

MONROE — In the cramped two-room library on Commercial Street, 15-year-old Amanda Ford hunkers over a keyboard, fingers flying as she types.

In this one-stoplight town, after-school options have always been slim.

But a slumping economy has made the problem worse — many....

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