> Libraries are now seen as entertainment centers by many librarians, not as a place to educate yourself.

I think you might be missing that there are many different types of libraries. For a city or county library, they have to meet the very diverse needs of the local residents.

Yet these same local libraries used to be filled with the sorts of books I'm talking about. They threw them away to replace them with DVDs of Marvel movies, the worst dreck imaginable in the children's section, and shelves and shelves of the latest romance and mystery novels, along with whatever "hot" ghostwritten politics book is out.

Frankly, I look at that is abandoning their original mission and no longer feel inclined to support them in any way. Libraries should have led their communities as centers and sources of learning. What we have now is something else wearing libraries as a skinsuit, and I don't see why libraries like this deserve public support as a library.

But at any rate, as I said, the problem is not limited to municipal libraries, it's ongoing even at institutional libraries.