Not until November 2010 did the first library go live on the new platform.

It was announced in 2005 that the library would go through an extensive modernization process.

Between 1997 and 2007, the library went through several changes and a few different sponsors.

The libraries themselves went into decline right along with the local economies.

At night went to the library to find out.

"Every library in the world is going through a budgetary crisis."

Never seeming to get the money or attention they needed, the library, the schools, the parks went downhill.

During the years the library has gone through several administrative changes.

But now, a vast digital library of world art has gone online with its first 300,000 images.

Suddenly, the library was going to cost another $200,000, money the town didn't have.