Libraries make money because some of the tax you pay goes to them. They also get money from donations.
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Commercially means it has to make money, make a profit for someone. Non commercial doesn't have to make money.
To make money.
Not-for-profit organization
Typically, libraries do not make money. They were built to serve the purpose of letting those who are not as 'wealthy' to still get education (not like school) and resources. But libraries would make money off of the over due book money and off of donations.
No. There are a lot of for-profit libraries. Most for-profit libraries are corporate libraries, while non-profit libraries tend to be public libraries. Many libraries charge other libraries for the use of their resources - particularly if they have rare or subject specific items. This charge varies from library to library, however it is often very expensive for public libraries and they typically lose money in providing this service.
Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. Anne Herbert Quoted in _The Next Whole Earth Catalog: Access to Tools_, ed. Stewart Brand (1980). Herbert derived this quotation from Gilbert Shelton's statement about drugs and money.
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Actually, in some libraries you can.
Public libraries in the US are generally funded by municipal appropriation; that is, if the residents of a town vote to maintain a library, then the town has to set aside money to do so. That's for municipal libraries. Libraries that aren't municipally funded are usually called Association libraries; that is, the town isn't required to send them any money. These libraries support themselves through constant fundraising; the town may contribute money to the library's budget.
they get some of their money back, but perhaps also some of other peoples money that isn't their's, and possibly make it hard for the government to see to it that roads, schools, libraries, etc. are facilitated.
Andrew Carnegie.
Andrew Carnegie.
Andrew Carnegie.
The Medici's made their money in Florentine banking. They were the ruling aristocratic family in Florence. They had such wealth that their name is still widely known in Italy today.
Andrew Carnegie.