The Androscoggin County Law Library in Auburn may soon be shut down. It doesn’t take a genius to guess the answer. Its the same reason why other libraries in so many other states are being shut down. The answer is the digital age.
Maine Court Administrator James Glessner explains that all 16 counties in the state used to have very active legal libraries, however now its just too expensive to update the libraries and most lawyers prefer to do their research work online.
In fact, John Clifford a lawyer and president of the county bar association points out that he has never used the library and doesn’t know of anyone who has. He declares that the books at the library are outdated and most of them haven’t been opened in decades!
Apart from that, Androscoggin County Courthouse has to deal with a growing caseload and requires the space for that purpose.