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Secrets to the success of city's libraries

Libraries will become more important than ever as Scotland faces what could be years of austerity, an event in Glasgow will hear on Wednesday.

On Burns night, aptly, a debate about the future of public libraries will ask whether they are still needed in the age of Google.

When book sales for the electronic Kindle are outstripping those of paperbacks for US distributor Amazon.com, and many of us can research happily from our own homes, do libraries still serve a useful purpose?