The library makes me feel inspired and motivated. The atmosphere shivers and tingles with an electric excitement to GO, DO, BE while trying to maintain the calm and quiet, dignified exterior required of you within those walls. The library has secrets. It is not boring.
I've been a friend of the library from a very young age. I was the kid of a librarian, spending hours of childhood between the stacks during business hours and beyond- the times after close were the best, a whole library all to myself! And my mom was not just a librarian, she was a Reference Librarian in the days before Google...the times when an expert was needed to assist you in finding the right resources to get that paper done, when you could pick up the old landline and call the reference desk with a question and they would find the answer and recommend other books on the topic. Reference Fairies were better than Google, I submit.
The modern library has done well integrating today's technology and embracing it. My local library has developed an excellent app to help us reinvest in using her. It's easy to download ebooks, place a hold on a book right from your mobile phone and have it delivered to any branch you'd like, or renew your checkouts right from your iPad. It really is incredible.
And it makes me love the old gal, one of my longest pals, even more.
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