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> Nowhere is it written that a public library must be publicly funded Uuuuh, I mean, I could understand you saying that a /library/ doesn't need to be publicly
by Defletter 4y ago
> Nowhere is it written that a public library must be publicly funded
Uuuuh, I mean, I could understand you saying that a /library/ doesn't need to be publicly funded, but a /public library/, being publicly funded is kind of its whole deal.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoYou're mistaken; a public library is a library that is open to the general public. They are often publicly funded as well, but not necessarily so. Some public libraries are privately funded, and some private libraries are publicly funded (e.g. university libraries closed to the general public, at schools that receive public funding) The 'public' in public library refers to who the library is open to, not how the library is funded.
- xbar 4y agoWell said. A library endowment is, for example, a thing.