Ames Library prospers in tough times

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The Enterprise of Brockton, Mass.

PART 2 IN TWO-PART SERIES: Some local libraries are struggling to stay open after budget cuts forced them to cut staff and scale back services. But other local libraries are thriving — or at least holding on to adequate budgets for the time being — such as Easton, Raynham, East Bridgewater and West Bridgewater.




libraries in crisis | Second of two parts
Holding on, for now
Even the best-funded local libraries are bracing for cutbacks as fiscal crisis worsens

By Vicki-Ann Downing
ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
EASTON — At the Ames Free Library in Easton, you can schedule a free one-on-one tutoring session to learn how to use the Internet to find a job, create a resume and apply for employment online.
You can sit in a comfortable chair in a cozy space, sip a cup of coffee for $1 and browse a magazine. If youve forgotten your reading glasses, you can borrow an attrac tive pair from the counter. Afterward, you can take home a music CD, audio book, or movie on DVD.
I dare anyone to say that Barnes & Noble has anything on our li brary, says the librarys new execu tive director, Madeline Miele Holt.
In this two-part series, The Enterprise is looking at the state of our local public li braries — a key resource that now faces tough times as the state budget crisis trickles down to the local level, forc ing communities to slash city and town budgets.

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