Loads goes into library providers which may be invisible to a sure share of patrons, however that are important to others. Nonetheless, I discover it fascinating (and, I admit, irritating) that your library appears to be offering the same old “library expertise” that most individuals want for–e.g., a secure place to go to heat up or cool off, use a pc freely, and take a look at supplies. What’s your beef? And what are you fixing by providing a unique possibility that can compete with the general public library and probably take away circulation numbers in such a method that it may turn out to be even *much less* “totally funded” (this could imply ANYTHING, and I strongly suspect you don’t understand how prices break down at your public library)?
The library expertise is subjective, however as a public librarian, I can let you know that libraries can’t be all the pieces to everybody, and this does typically get in the best way of oldsters utilizing them the best way they’d like to have the ability to. And that may be a disgrace. However the reply is to not supply a competing service. The reply is to become involved in your native authorities, go referenda that levy taxes to pay for extra/higher library providers (amongst others), and perceive that utilization = funding. You aren’t serving to your group by constructing your individual non-public library. However maybe that was by no means your objective