00:00Hi, I'm Theo with Manchester World, and today I'm out on the streets of Manchester asking people about public libraries.
00:05Now, for a lot of people, public libraries can really be the backbone of a community.
00:09We want to know whether people are still using them, whether they see the benefit of them,
00:13what they'd like to see change, and how we can improve our public libraries.
00:16For me, at least, it was part of my primary education was we visited libraries and were taught how to use them.
00:23So I think just kind of the demystification of them in terms of, you know, knowing how to access what you need.
00:30They definitely serve a purpose, like, I don't know, I'd like to think like even younger cousins and kids and stuff,
00:35like, I'd hate to see them not having them resources.
00:38A bit of a tip for parents to bring young kids as well, that is, well, I think they're free at home anyway.
00:42Yeah.
00:43You don't have to pay, so it's good for that case.
00:46There's very few modern libraries that has the technology so you can charge your laptop, you can find books, you know.
00:52I remember it being a really valuable resource when I was growing up, and I think it still can be,
00:56but I don't think it's necessarily utilized to the full extent that it could be.
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