From Martha Nichols, "freelance journalist," in Cambridge, MA: "I'm amazed at what I get for free in public libraries. Books, big tottering stacks of books, but there's also computer access and, in the last few years, free Wi-Fi. When my son was younger, we went to story hours and sing-a-longs.
Libraries are one of the great loves of my life. That's why a hearing last week about the Boston Public Library's proposal to close some neighborhood branches has me on edge. And several months after the opening of the new main library in Cambridge, I find myself asking an unexpected question.
What's the purpose of libraries-really? To be a community gathering place? To promote life-long learning? To help users navigate the information flow? To store print documents for the historical record, as Nicholson Baker argues they should (and aren't) in Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper? ...."
Read more: http://open.salon.com//blog/martha_nichols/2010/03/11/what_are_libraries_for
Kim Collins, art history librarian and Humanities team leader
Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, 540 Asbury Circle.
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