While Librarians Wept, A library System Dies 1997-2017

While Librarians Wept, A Library System Dies 1997-2017 is a "personal archive" of writings by an award-winning author of his efforts to preserve the Douglas County Library System, an eleven-library county government-supported agency during twenty years of funding cuts. Beginning with the elimination of his rural county's bookmobile in 1997, the county government responded to its property tax loss crises with staffing cuts and reduced open door hours until eventually closing the system down ...