Among the headlines this week: a veteran publisher kicks off a series on the state of libraries; 'The Atlantic' explores the decline of reading; the Smithsonian Secretary responds to a White House attack on the institution; and a former Library of Congress staffer's shocking Fourth of July.
U.K.-based library advocate and Freckle Report author Tim Coates offers his first take on the recently released IMLS statistics, which continue to show an alarming slide in physical circulation and gate counts.
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