Re: The numbers game.
"There are about 16,500 public libraries in the US --- inquiries from a bare 12 of them would count as abject failure in the real world."
No sweetie..
The are about 16,500 public libraries in the US.
Enquiries from even one of them is a START.
Revolutions don't happen over night in the real world. You should visit some time, and see what it's like.
Change happens.
Change can happen small, and grow bigger.
But it has to start somewhere.