Text 1: Policy researcher Park argues that public libraries provide essential community services. Beyond books, modern libraries host job-search workshops, English-language classes, internet access for those without it, and welcoming spaces for the unhoused. Cutting library funding, Park contends, harms the most vulnerable members of communities.
Text 2: Policy researcher Singh agrees that libraries serve important functions but argues that those functions have outgrown the library framework. Many of the services Park lists — internet access, workforce training, social work — would be more effectively provided by purpose-built agencies. Asking libraries to be everything for everyone, Singh argues, strains their core mission.
Both authors would most likely agree that
- A
no one uses libraries.
- B
libraries serve only as book repositories.
- C
library funding is unimportant.
- Dcheck_circle
modern libraries provide a range of community services.
Explanation
Both accept that libraries provide multiple community services; they differ on whether libraries should remain the providers. A is shared. B, C, and D contradict both.