Coming: The Dallas Library Palace–and the undernourished branches

Billy Barron, an e-library pioneer, saw the U.K.-related items below and came up with some heart-felt analysis of The Library Palace Syndrome in Texas. I’ll run his comments later today or tomorrow, complete with one of the questions he raises in passing. Can the homeless and kids mix safely in Library Palaces? Yes, there’s a common thread in all this. Library systems should be playing up e-books and neighborhood branches, rather than catering to the edifice complexes of politicians and bureaucrats.