Recently my daughter Betsy phoned me. She had an epiphany and realized that "Libraries are like shopping, only they're free!" While that is true with the modern public library, that has not always been the case. How did public libraries get started? Click on these links to find out:
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpublibrary.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libraries
Happy shopping at the library!
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