http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/ Tight budgets, technology and community propel libraries forward In the age of Google, iPhones and Kindle, are brick-and-mortar libraries necessary? Absolutely. Now more than ever. In fact, libraries are enjoying a surge in attendance, despite the pervasiveness of instant-gratification multimedia options. Nationally, library use is up; according to a 2008 survey conducted by the American Library Association (ALA), 76% of Americans...]]>