>If the Ridgewood Library does survive, it’s because they have come to the realization that they must change in order to do so
The library has become the local version of the USPS. This is especially true when I read about benefit costs, pensions and the like.
Don’t get me wrong – libraries are important to the community but if costs are rising and the demand is lessening, either you make the necessary operating changes or continue rely on the kindness of strangers.
You could see the effect the digital world has had on the media world (no, not news media in this case, heh). The RHS library looks like a cold, empty and hollow place. It’s more of a big place to hang rather than research. The archives are now at our fingertips and the romantic lore of a book is absent in our young netizens.
If the Ridgewood Library does survive, it’s because they have come to the realization that they must change in order to do so. You can’t offer all 31 flavors if people are only buying a dozen.
