The issues about the future of public libraries raised in the Benton Report are valid in the UK as well as in the US. The broader concerns affecting libraries include globalization, lifelong learning and equal access to information.
The future of public libraries has been a matter of earnest debate in the United Kingdom as well as in the United States, spurred by financial problems and government policies as well as technology. Many of the same issues are raised in Buildings, Books, and Bytes, ...