Upper Hudson (N.Y.) Library System Executive Director Timothy G. Burke writes: “Public libraries like the one in Cohoes are the anchors of their communities, and yet many of them are literally crumbling before our eyes. This critical infrastructure issue has caught the attention of 149 bipartisan cosponsors of the federal Build America’s Libraries Act, which will give us the chance to reverse this disturbing trend. Congress has a September 15 deadline to allocate funding for the budget package, and it’s crucial that libraries be included.”