If the library's rarest frequenters are the ones we'd like to see in them the most, then libraries are failing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As a big user of public libraries, I deplore the cutbacks they have had to sustain.
What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else - is the fact that it exists.
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.
Libraries are where it all begins.
I've been talking about the centrality of libraries in our information society for a while now.
The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no longer true, if it ever was.
The way we've been neglecting to support our libraries throughout the country is a shame.
Our libraries are valuable centers of education, learning and enrichment for people of all ages. In recent years, libraries have taken on an increasingly important role. today's libraries are about much more than books.
Libraries are at a cultural crossroads. Some proffer that libraries as we know them may go away altogether, ironic victims of the information age where Google has subverted Dewey decimal and researchers can access anything on a handheld device. Who needs to venture deep into the stacks when answers are but a click away?
If your library is not 'unsafe', it probably isn't doing its job.