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Library funds are accumulated from a mixture of local, state, federal, and other sources. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (1997), 77.6% of public library income is acquired from local funds, 12.1% from state funds, and 0.9% from federal funds. The remaining funds (over 9%) come from other sources, including user fees, special events, and private fundraising efforts involving foundations, corporations, individual philanthropists, and "Friends of the Library" groups.
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Basic answer: Public Librarys don't "make money." Neither do school libraries. There may be for-profit libraries that charge subscriptions or use other profit mechanisms. In the USA, library operations are almost always funded primarily by tax dollars.
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Public library...public is the key word..Libraries are funded by the government, and while librarians don't make a lot of money the money they do make is given to them by the government.
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Libraries were not meant to make a profit. libraries were organized to educate the public. the minimal amount charged for overdue books, is just an incentive to return the books on time. your taxes, public funds, and private donations, supply libraries with books, librarians, and a world of information with their modern computer systems. People, who cannot afford a formal education, can turn to the free library books, for a basic education. an education that should be free to everyone. maybe, this is why the libraries do not charge to check out books.
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