Book Riot has
published a piece on Finding
Libraries in Unexpected Places. There are some great pictures and an
interesting narrative for each. There are some nifty ideas here that might help
libraries remain as a place to check out books—real books, printed on that stuff
they call paper. I would hate to see libraries turned into book museums, or internet
portals for the digitally deprived. I prefer librarians information
savvy rather than technology chauffeurs.
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| Concord Free Public Library |
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| Boston Public Library |
In the Boston Public Library I found a Roger
Sherman doctoral thesis by Christopher Collier, the author of Decision in Philadelphia. In Concord, I
found a one hundred and sixty year old biography of Roger Sherman. Both finds
were invaluable for my research for Tempest at Dawn. Since I was not a resident of Massachusetts, I was further
surprised when the Concord Free Public Library issued me a library card on the
spot and let me walk out of the building with this valuable book. Free library
cards for everyone is a longstanding tradition of this charming bastion of American literary
history.
Bookstores
are great, used bookstores are fun and great, but libraries are indispensable because
they come equipped with tour guides called librarians. I sure hope the digitization of
books doesn't cost us this valuable resource.
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