Why libraries are great

February

David Letterman has his now famous Top Ten lists that often make us smile because they are clever.

Here is one from American Library Association — ten leasons people should support their public libraries — that should make us nod in agreement and recall a community asset.

10 Reasons to Support Libraries

Libraries. . .

Serve everyone.

Are places of opportunity.

Are great places for kids.

Bring you the world.

Help us lead better lives.

Build better communities.

Promote literacy.

Are essential to education.

Attract businesses.

Are a great value.

With my new vision of personal fiscal responsibility, I am borrowing more books from my public library and reading more. It’s economical and I forgot how fun and satisfying it is to read for long stretches of time. Who needs to pay extra for HBO when I can read Updike?

Share your library thoughts with your local librarians.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 at 5:37 pm by Barbara Nackman.
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2 Responses to “Why libraries are great”

Dave Donelson February 18th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Thanks for sharing this with us, Barbara. Libraries are under the same kind of budgetary pressure as other publicly-funded institutions now and we often forget the great value they deliver for the small amount they cost us. Westchester’s libraries received about $64 per person in public support in 2007, or less than the cost of a dinner for two with wine at many moderately-priced restaurants.
Rob Seitz February 19th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
People who love libraries and who want to see them grow, thrive and, in this case, re-open, have an opportunity to do a permanent “shout out” on behalf of the Mount Kisco Public Library and its foundation. Right now, several merchants throughout Mount Kisco are participating in the Foundation’s “Buy a Brick Campaign.” One brick costs $250. (http://www.mtklibraryfoundation.org/)

Just think what that brick will help pay for, for generations to come! Plus, it will help get this environmentally-friendly library open sooner, than later. It will also tell the world (at least the world of Mount Kisco and all visitors to the library) that you love and support what libraries stand for.

Your engraved brick can also be a way to tell a very special person in your life that your relationship will be “cast in stone” for years to come. “Buy a Brick” to mark a special event, the birth of your new baby or first grandchild. Or buy a brick in honor of someone who’s no longer with us but who should be memoralized for all to see.

And for the truly fiscally conservative, your gift is tax deductible!

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