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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Librarians across the United States are struggling with a combination of higher demand in tough economic times and smaller budgets.
With the economy souring, people turn to libraries because they cannot afford to buy books and need help with job searches, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday. The American Library Association reports the number of people with library cards has increased for the first time in almost 20 years.
"Across the country, in every kind of neighborhood and community, library use, by various measures, is up," said Jim Rettig, the association's president. "At this point, we have an entire population affected by the recession."
San Mateo County outside San Francisco operates 12 libraries in 11 towns.
"All of our numbers, in terms of visits and circulation at branch libraries, are up by around 5 percent," said Martin Gomez, the director of library services. "But real estate drives our revenue, and property taxes are down. We're not looking at layoffs or reduced hours of operation, but we know the economy is going to take a while to bounce back."
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