A library was once defined by the books it held.
That definition stopped being useful about twenty years ago.
Most at a busy are now about something else entirely.
People come to use a computer, print a form or ask for help filling it in.
Where public services moved online, the library the demand.
It did so without any transfer of budget.
Counting therefore what a does.
A judged only on looks like a candidate for .
The same may be the only warm room with a printer for a mile.
Some have started to measure visits and sessions instead.
The numbers look very different, and so do the lists.
What gets counted decides what survives.