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Libraries and the unemployed

Molly Wood Sep 18, 2009
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Libraries and the unemployed

Molly Wood Sep 18, 2009
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Libraries are taking a recession-induced hit even as they become more important for people seeking their way out of economic hard times, according to a new report from the American Library Association.

Guest: John Bertot, professor and director of the Center for Library and Information Innovation at the University of Maryland College Park

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