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Re:Every day at my job I helped people just barely survive by sliverstorm on Saturday February 18, 2012 @06:09PM (#3607995)
What you do is co-opt a coffee stand to open shop right outside your front door, or in a secluded corner. That way people can get food and stay longer, but the library doesn't just turn into a coffee shop with a few books.

I've seen a few libraries with the just-outside-the-door model, and a Borders with a small Peet's upstairs. Both were well-executed.

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Re:Every day at my job I helped people just barely survive by 8ig8 on Saturday February 18, 2012 @10:07PM (#3608524)
The Cameron Village library (Raleigh, NC) has a coffee shop. The best info I could find is from their Facebook page [1]:

> Has it been a while since you been to a library? Cameron Village Regional Library is the only library in Wake County that offers coffee bar service to its patrons! Come visit your public library and browse the stacks with a beverage in hand. Or just come and meet up with a friend and catch up before heading over to the shops and events at Cameron Village.

[1] http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cameron-Coffee-at-Cameron-Vill...

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Re:Every day at my job I helped people just barely survive by marshray on Sunday February 19, 2012 @02:23AM (#3608866)
Wow, that used to be my library in high school. Spent many afternoons there.

If they'd served coffee back then I might have spent less of that time sleeping.

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Re:Every day at my job I helped people just barely survive by westicle on Saturday February 18, 2012 @09:48PM (#3608484)
I've never understood why coffee is considered such a draw-card. The local church embroidery group offers free coffee but i'm still not a regular attendee.

Give me a library that has beer on tap any day.

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Re:Every day at my job I helped people just barely survive by randallsquared on Sunday February 19, 2012 @09:13AM (#3609374)
It's mostly just to stay on par with bookshops, which allow you to come in and read for free, and typically have coffee shops in a part of them.
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