National Libraries Week

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In honor of National Libraries week, here is a sampling of what a library offers its community:

Because of a library people....

  • have free access to a dizzying amount of electronic and print resources.
  • get one on one help from information professionals to navigate those resources. 
  • had Google long before the internet existed in the form of card catalogs (thank you, cataloguers). 
  • can use a computer for free. 
  • can learn how to do just about anything (such as setting up an e-mail address, writing a resume, studying for the SATs, learning about new government programs, etc.). 
  • have a quiet space to work without the expectation of purchasing something. 
  • have the opportunity to self educate.
  • participate in a range of all ages programming at no cost.
  • can learn about their community's history through the Archives.
  • have access to new technologies. 
  • have an environment that fosters intellectual freedom and privacy.
  • get items delivered to them from other libraries via interlibrary loan. 
  • gain information literacy skills. 
  • don't have to click through useless search engine results thanks to reference librarians.
  • understand that correct citations matter. 
  • have improved literacy rates. 
  • have a repository of collective knowledge.        

Thank you to libraries and their staff that do so much (often times with so little).  

Reference Image:

Cookie Monster Pose: "Cookie Monster Through the Years." Jpeg. Muppet Wiki. "Sesame Office." Jpeg. Muppet Wiki. 21 Dec. 2010. 14 April 2014. <http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/File:Cookie.FBvideo.png>.




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