EDITORIAL
Wanted: More public libraries
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:16 AM October 07, 2018
Excerpts:
A 2017 Readership Survey by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, an overwhelming majority of Filipinos — 80 percent of adults, 93 percent of children — continue to read nonschool books.
These findings are a resounding validation of the need for more state-subsidized libraries across the country, where ordinary citizens, especially young people, can access books and publications at no cost to them.
Building such centers of learning — and sustaining them as adequately supported, well-furnished and easily accessible community hubs — seems the obvious way to make books more easily and widely available. Reading, after all, is fundamental to functioning well in society. Filipinos are hungry for books, and the more they are able to read (beyond social media), the better for the country.
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