The Constitution

The Brisbane Library is not constitutionally mandated, in fact it is not mandated by the constitution for a town to even have a public library, although they will be found in every town. The Public library is only mandated under the local constitution, which makes it easier for Public libraries to be taken away as they are only there as long as they can afford to be. This makes the tightness of funds even more problematic. With no legal safety net the digitalization of libraries seems the only way to keep a form of open learning for communities that are facing budget cuts. as Public Libraries are only answerable to the local constitution and the local council, the library would have to start gathering citizen support if it wished to gain any help from the local government.