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Fall 2004 Question 1


 * //Publicly funded information agencies -- libraries are a good example -- are//**
 * //created as a public good, i.e. that is they support and enhance the quality of//**
 * //life in a community. Increasingly, critics argue that those interested in the//**
 * //services and collections provided should pay for them and that those who are//**
 * //not interested should not pay. Thus, information agencies would be privately//**
 * //funded.//**
 * //To what degree should community information agencies be publicly funded? In//**
 * //particular, what public good do they or might they create?"//**

Answer: 1- please visit this website http://plato.stanford.edu/fundraising/why-support.html 2- Public libraries are public good the same like K-12 public schools, Interstate roads, Transportation, Public health, the tax payers pay for all these public services. The libraries serve humanity, they provide all forms by which knowledge is communicated, they provide INTERNET, Open Access service to the public, the libraries have social responsibilities by providing Information Literacy, Provide Educational,Economical,Medical, legal, governmental Knowledge to help the decision makers. as a librarians we honor the past and we create the future. 3- libraries can accept gifts from libraries friends, BUT the libraries have to be funded by the local and federal government as the same as any public good services. 4- follow the USA president Thomas Jefferson's well (all information, new ideas, and knowledge access SHOULD BE FREE to all the mankind)

Laila Emara UTK, SIS