Still searching fo' dat topic

So shall we focus on libraries' functions, as they are maintained during tough times? Are we then to investigate how libraries were maintained during the great depresion? Or just during recessionary times, which we've all been through? Point is, what, actually would be the issue?
And actually, I hit my local library on Saturday. I had no time using a computer. There were several empties. And the woman next to me was attempting to submit an online resume! Hmm, what a serendipitous cornvenient coincidence!!