Yesterday the Pioneer Press started a two-part series on endangered libraries, and today it posted the second part. 

4/18/10: To balance books, libraries close, take new forms: Libraries are in a funding crisis at the very moment that demand for their services is surging. The combination could force some small community libraries to close.

4/19/10:  Lake Elmo library supporters consider mutiny in the county: If library is downsized, city might withdraw from system 

Bob Shaw, bshaw@pioneerpress.com, is the series author.