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by EarthIsHome 1159 days ago
There's a recent episode in the Citations Needed podcast [0] (episode 179) that discusses public libraries. There is a bit of history that is presented about Andrew Carnegie's contributions to the current system we have today: how the US library system started out with private funding before transitioning to public funding.

[0]: https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-179-from-budget-c...