I second what Hanna Geshelin states about frum Jews and library patronage.
I will not add significantly to her remarks, (since she thoroughly covers
the situation) but just note these observations from my eight years of
personal experience as a librarian in the Brookline Public Library:
A large percentage of the modern and haredi (if I must label) community did
frequent the library with their children. Many parents from both these
groups expressed concern with the quality of children's and young adult
literature and felt that they had to read (or thoroughly preview) a book
before allowing their children to read it which, of course, takes a lot of
time when everyone is so busy nowadays.
The library did have about a couple strictly frum books which were heavily
circulated.
There are a handful of a families that no longer go to the library because
most of the material is shund ("literary trash").
Shavua tov,
Leah Schechter Bennett
Jewish Theological Seminary
NY, NY
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