Libraries experience increased relevance in economic downturn
People in Need Are Filling and Taxing Libraries
By SUSAN SAULNY and KAREN ANN CULLOTTA
Published: April 2, 2009
Anxious, depressed patrons who say they have nowhere else to go are turning some libraries into stressful hotbeds.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/us/02library.html