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WENDY ELLIOTT: Time to rally readers to save local libraries

Sitting on my dresser is a tiny pin labelled ‘I Dissent.’ The face above the quote is Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who spent much of her long legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights.

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Dissent to Bader Ginsburg meant expressing disagreement in political opposition to a government or its policies.

She became extra famous during Trump’s first term and passed away in 2020.

One of her signature quotes was: “Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

I wonder what advice the good judge would offer Nova Scotians right now about library closures. Sit and read in front of MLA offices perhaps?

The Annapolis Valley Regional Library (AVRL) has been forecasting trouble for several years now. Financial concern was raised back in 2020.

The worst case scenario rolled out recently with the announcement that five branch libraries are set to close in July.

Honestly, what kind of government repeatedly hands out flat funding, especially in rural communities?

It’s the same government that recently laid off all campus librarians at Nova Scotia Community College campuses.

Provincial funding for libraries did not increase from 2009 to 2019, and it remains unchanged since 2020, other than a small amount of bridge funding. Of course, that’s not sustainable.

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