Libraries
Source: The Smoky Mountain News
Area Debates the Building of Joint Public and Academic Library
From the article, A proposal to move Jackson County’s main library out of downtown Sylva has upset many residents, but supporters say it is the best way to get the kind of library that is needed. Some Jackson County leaders are backing a plan to build a joint library with Southwestern Community College on its Webster campus. By joining forces, residents could get a $6 million, 25,000-square-foot facility with every imaginable amenity…Joyce Moore, who owns City Lights Bookstore in downtown Sylva, is the spokesperson for KOLD (Keep Our Library Downtown). She has a degree in library science and says there are several reasons for opposing the joint proposal. �Opposition to the move centers around concerns about a conflict of missions and operations between a public and academic library, accessibility to senior citizens and young children and the negative economic impact on the revitalization efforts of downtown Sylva,� she wrote in a statement that came from the group.

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