A Tale of Two Libraries

The headline was a shocker.

All Free Library of Philadelphia Branch, Regional and Central Libraries Closed Effective Close of Business October 2, 2009

I read about the possible closing of the Philadelphia Free Library –in the city where Benjamin Franklin helped invent the public library in 1731—with shock, sadness, and dismay. And more than a little anger.

Angry that a nation so dependent upon free expression, learning, technology, information and access pays lip service to these ideals but ...