>> good morning, my name is kathleen lord black and i am an attorney licensed in california. my office is in vancouver and that is where i have my immigration practice. when i am in san francisco which is more than half of the time i depend upon the library for office space by the hour, where i could meet with clients in a quiet business-like setting. and i have also believe that this is good income for the library. i have used the law library on market and (inaudible) until its closure. and for many years. but what i did notice is that it was used by many who are not attorneys. and with the cut backs in the courts, and now, cut backs in the libraries, in terms of space and services and budget, that fewer people of the ge

>> good morning, my name is kathleen lord black and i am an attorney licensed in california. my office is in vancouver and that is where i have my immigration practice. when i am in san francisco which is more than half of the time i depend upon the library for office space by the hour, where i could meet with clients in a quiet business-like setting. and i have also believe that this is good income for the library. i have used the law library on market and (inaudible) until its closure. and for many years. but what i did notice is that it was used by many who are not attorneys. and with the cut backs in the courts, and now, cut backs in the libraries, in terms of space and services and budget, that fewer people of the budget are able to find legal research and information about their rights, say in landlord tenant situations. i agree with the other attorneys that lexus nexus and west law are expensive and it does help us to pass on the savings to our clients if we don't have to subscribe to these services. it is not just attorneys who will suffer if the libraries are chipped