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As public library budgets have shrunk and doors have closed—with around 500 branches shut in England since 2O10, and around the
As public library budgets have shrunk and doors have closed—with around 500 branches shut in England since 2O10, and around the
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2022-05-13
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As public library budgets have shrunk and doors have closed—with around 500 branches shut in England since 2O10, and around the same number handed over to volunteers—people who had not given libraries much thought have been stirred to action. High-profile campaigns against closures have been fought, and in some cases won. Cressida Cowell, the new children’s laureate, is urging that school libraries be made a mandatory requirement. But the fate of librarians has largely escaped notice.
This is a mistake, because they are the guides without whom a library, whether stand alone or in a school or institution, is simply a collection of books. At their best they can reshape not only the skills and knowledge of users, but their whole perspective. Yet 10,000 jobs in council libraries have been lost since 2005, with about 15,000 remaining. Technology has displaced some, with the creation of unstaffed branches, and has transformed the role of others; computer access is now an important aspect of the service, and librarians routinely help people with online benefits applications.
There is no reason why libraries should not offer this kind of support, as long as staff have sufficient resources and training. The baby and book groups, homework and play clubs, English and IT lessons hosted by libraries are a positive extension of their role. But such activities must not come at the expense of the librarian’s task of championing books and literacy, which is even more important in an age of information overload and fake news.
Shrunken budgets inevitably make this service harder to deliver; when libraries no longer have budgets to buy new publications, readers can’t access them, which may in part explain a recent fall in lending. Such cuts affect all sorts of people, but are particularly damaging when children cannot find books to suit them. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Summer Reading Challenge, a scheme offering incentives to children who sign up to read a book a week during the holidays; especially valuable to those who don’t go away or have shelves full of books at home. It is also a reminder of the kind of one-on-one engagement that has become a rarity. The ideal librarian is a skilled maker of recommendations.
Librarians can be much more than book experts. Libraries are community as well as knowledge hubs, and should promote and harness civic activism. The 50,000 people now volunteering in English libraries have much to offer. But any government with a serious commitment to expanding educational opportunities for young and old would invest, not only in libraries, but in the people who work in them.
That recently lending decreases is partly because of________.
选项
A、cuts of incentives
B、lack of funds
C、less interest in books
D、popularity of computers
答案
B
解析
细节题:根据题干可定位至第四段第一句,其中题干中的That recently lending decreases=原文中的recent fall in lending;题干中的partly=原文中的in part,所以锁定答案来源句为Shrunken budgets inevitably make this service harder to deliver; when libraries no longer have budgets to buy new publications, readers can’t access them. 其中两次提及原因:Shrunken budgets和no longer have budgets.即“预算不足”。选项B为对原文的同义替换,为正确答案。选项A中的cuts和incentives在原文巾均有提及,但是原文中的cuts就是指budgets的削减,而非选项A中的incentives的削减,属张冠李戴且脱离定位,故排除选项A;选项C和选项D原文没有提及,为无中生有,故均排除。故本题答案为B项。
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