We know we don’t know: The future of Dallas libraries up in the air pending 2026-27 fiscal budget
“I think the problem is the public library is not designed to be a revenue-driving department,” Shorr says, adding that to make it so, the library system’s mission of being “free and open to the public” would need to change.
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The city is undergoing a process to shift to a regional model that, if approved, would concentrate resources and services
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5 Dallas libraries could shutter in next two years due to proposed budget cuts 📚
“My life would absolutely not be the same without that library,” Watson said. “It is so much of the culture, it feels like this foundation that the rest of the community is built over.”
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