[net-gold] CITIES: TORONTO, CANADA: GOVERNMENT : LIBRARIES: PUBLIC LIBRARIES: Margaret Atwood Gives Toronto Libraries a Voice
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- Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 12:59:23 -0400 (EDT)
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CITIES: TORONTO, CANADA: GOVERNMENT :
LIBRARIES: PUBLIC LIBRARIES:
Margaret Atwood Gives Toronto Libraries a Voice
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Margaret Atwood Gives Toronto Libraries a Voice
By Linda Nguyen,
Postmedia News
August 5, 2011
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Margaret+Atwood+
gives+Toronto+libraries+voice/5213260/story.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/3be49sg
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TORONTO Literary icon Margaret Atwood doesn't consider herself a
political activist, but rather an "average Canadian" compelled to become
involved when politicians start talking about public-library closures.
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Atwood, 71, says Canada's largest city is going through a political cycle
that is trying to pit residents against each other and, in the process,
gambling with longtime Torontonians like herself.
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"It's going to take some real leadership, and some understanding on the
part of provincial and federal governments, that you can't just keep
taking," she said in an interview. "You can't just keep taking stuff out
of Toronto, because, sooner or later, people will start voting with their
feet and go somewhere else. They'll get tired of it."
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Last month, a city-commissioned report suggested to City Hall it should
slash or eliminate $17.3 million it provides to cultural services, in part
by closing some of the public library's 99 branches.
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Following the recommendations, Atwood, who is active on Twitter, retweeted
a link to a petition against the library closures to her more than 230,000
followers.
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So many signed it (at last count, nearly 43,000), that it crashed the
Toronto Public Library server.
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Atwood, one of the most highly acclaimed Canadian writers of recent times,
said libraries are no longer just buildings that house books, but Internet
cafes, safe places for families, and community centres all integral to a
happy, successful city.
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Grant Campbell, an associate professor of the master of library and
information science program at the University of Western Ontario, says the
popularity of libraries is not waning, but growing.
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For example, the Toronto Public Library is considered the busiest library
system in the world, and the one with the highest circulation in North
America. According to its latest annual report, more than 18 million
people visit to borrow more than 32 million different items per year.
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"Libraries are places where people explore information, regardless of the
format. They are not just brick and mortar buildings," he said. "They are
public places for the community, where you don't have to pay to sit down.
That's surprisingly important."
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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