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Posted On July 27, 2021 According to ALA, there are nearly 17,000 libraries nationwide totaling more than 210 million square feet, and the average U.S. public library building is more than 40 years old. Congress has not provided dedicated funding for library facilities since 1997. Insufficient capital funding has made it difficult for libraries to make improvements to their facilities, and President Joe Biden’s new infrastructure plan does not include any funding for libraries. Budget cuts are also pending for public libraries in New York City, Ohio, Kentucky, and Maine. Although the digital age and the internet were not yet even imagined, Andrew Carnegie the wealthy industrialist who lead the expansion of the U.S. steel industry in the in the late 1800s understood the value of libraries as they exist today. Carnegie funded the creation of 2,509 libraries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Of these libraries, 1,689 were

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