The best way for America to ease the new strain on its libraries is by closing the digital divide; companies and state agencies are unlikely ever to give up the efficiencies they won by moving online.

对于美国来说，减轻图书馆的新压力最好的方式就是终止数字鸿沟；公司和州立机构永远也不可能放弃把业务移到网上所赢得的效率。

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Interim director of community services, Jan Fitzgerald said although the possibility of closing libraries could not be dismissed, it was holding a "fundamental review of the service".

BBC: Sheffield & South Yorkshire

But it does appear to be a trend in the U.S.: libraries either closing or navigating massive budget cuts.

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Libraries are closing in Charlotte, N.

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