Still More Conversation about Libraries . . .

This conversation began on July 9th and continued on July 11th and July 13th… It began with me remembering a few of my library escapades and interests, continued through four readers’ experiences in libraries, then on through a focus on a particular “library-charity-shop” in the UK… Now come the reader comments that enable this continuation […]

Yet More Conversation about Libraries . . .

 As tens of thousands of citizens flood the streets of London, I recall part of a comment from a UK author in our July 9th post in this discussion about libraries: “We have just come back from Charlbury in Oxfordshire where I took some of my books to what I thought was an independent bookshop. “When […]

More Conversation about Libraries . . .

 Our current conversation began this past Monday, with A Blog Conversation about Libraries . . . To kick off the conversation, I said: “I’m going to be rather desultory with this beginning of our discussion—bounce around a bit—rather like being in a library—So much to do…” And, we had four comments—one from Australia, one from the UK, and […]

A Blog Conversation about Libraries . . .

 Our last conversation was about different types of readers and was on July 2nd, July 4th, and July 6th… Now, let’s launch into Libraries… I’m going to be rather desultory with this beginning of our discussion—bounce around a bit—rather like being in a library—So much to do… When I was 18, I spent a season […]

In Praise of #Libraries

I’ll start with a praise of libraries from Columnist and Author, Caitlin Moran in her article, Libraries: Cathedrals of Our Souls: “A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination.” If […]