[BRIEF NOTE] On libraries
Feb. 9th, 2010 11:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldA Rusty Little Box had a wonderful brief post about the power of libraries, starting with this Ray Bradbury quote: "Libraries raised me. I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years." Rebecca went on to write about how, when she was young, every summer she'd go daily to the library in order to read. I hear you.
I've written in the past about libraries. I consider myself lucky, as a point of fact, that the Toronto Public Library is the best library system of its kind in North America, full of books and magazines and online databases of interest. The TPL even offers access to JSTOR! Without the library, my access to knowledge would have been sadly limited, to say nothing of my enjoyment of books. I've come to realize that, as nice as book ownership might be, it just costs too much in space and time. Besides, there's something nice about partaking in a community of readers.
I've written in the past about libraries. I consider myself lucky, as a point of fact, that the Toronto Public Library is the best library system of its kind in North America, full of books and magazines and online databases of interest. The TPL even offers access to JSTOR! Without the library, my access to knowledge would have been sadly limited, to say nothing of my enjoyment of books. I've come to realize that, as nice as book ownership might be, it just costs too much in space and time. Besides, there's something nice about partaking in a community of readers.
