Librarians all know that when the economy falls, library use increases. For the year, we had been seeing about a 5% increase in the number of items borrowed from Cumberland County's public libraries.
However, when I took a look at the numbers today, even I was astonished.
In September 2008, the number of items borrowed from Cumberland County's public libraries increased 14% from the previous year.
That's the single highest monthly increase that I've ever seen in my 16 years on the job.
I don't know of a clearer indicator of what is happening in our community than that.
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