Our Libraries

January 10, 2010

Regional libraries have not received a funding increase since 1989

The frog experiment: Throw a frog into a pot of boiling water. He'll hop right out. The water's too hot and what self-respecting frog wants to boil to death? Place a frog in a pot of tepid water on the stove, he will swim around happily. Turn up the heat gradually until the water boils. Eventually, the unsuspecting frog will die. The moral of the story for frogs: beware of pots of water on stoves, whatever the water temperature. Regional library systems are in a situation similar to th... More

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January 10, 2010 - Regional libraries have not received a funding increase since 1989

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Sarah Long's "Our Libraries" column in the Daily Herald is published the first Sunday of the month. The Daily Herald is Chicagoland's third largest daily newspaper, with a circulation of approximately 128,000.

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