Originally Posted by
jeank
Magazines are going the way of the newspapers. People just don't purchase them like they used to. The media is having a hard time hanging on. Everyone has been getting their information from the internet.
As a library employee, I still promote the printed material. I tell people you still need libraries, but it is hard to get the message across especially at election time to renew our operating millage.
Our county commission, despite what the people wanted, just turned the library over to an out of state business. And I agree, there is nothing like holding the book or magazine in your hands, especially when you are reading to a child and there are all those great illustrations!