Libraries turn page to new services

As libraries turn increasingly digital, they aren't just for reading anymore, according to an article by Frank Trejo in The Dallas Morning News. A growing number are offering audiobooks, e-books, and other new services to patrons. "If anything, automation and technology have actually increased demand for information, including books," says Claire Bausch, director of Garland's Nicholson Memorial Library System. "Just about every morning, we have patrons waiting for our doors to open."

Those sentiments are echoed by Loriene Roy, president of the American Library Association, who notes that libraries have changed with the times. "Libraries are social institutions," says Roy in the article. "They respond to need."

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