Men i den US-amerikanske storbyen Philadelphia (nærmere 6 millioner med forstedene) har kommunen sendt oppsigelsesvarsel til alle ansatte i biblioteket.
Cory Doctorows kommentar på boingboing holder som foreløpig kommentar:
Picture an entire city, a modern, wealthy place, in the richest country in the world, in which the vital services provided by libraries are withdrawn due to political brinksmanship and an unwillingness to spare one banker’s bonus worth of tax-dollars to sustain an entire region’s connection with human culture and knowledge and community.
