To Restore Civil Society, Start With the Library
“Libraries are the kinds of places where people with different backgrounds, passions and interests can take part in a living democratic culture. They are the kinds of places where the public, private and philanthropic sectors can work together to reach for something higher than the bottom line.”
I love the library and I've written about it on this site. Library's have so much to offer and if you enter one you're seeing the local community there, with all the good and bad that are part of it. I'm a huge library user and lately have been there once a week as we make our way through a TV series on DVD, and I love that I live in a town with a vibrant branch.