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An excellent resource and a comfortable place to visit

I am a parent and a scientist. I am also an avid reader. Why do I like the library - because I can get books either physically or through Libby that I can't easily find at the commercial retailers. I can request materials from other libraries and get them - very important in the sciences. I can take course and and I can borrow DVDs so i can be both informaed and entertained. Finally it's a comfortable environment that I can spend time in, especially important when one works from home a lot. Finally libraries still support serendipity and surprise - whether by idly browsing a shelf and seeing something I am interested in or by looking at groups of books by topic or author and becoming aware of a connection that I didn't know. I'm also a fan of the 3D printer and plan to make use of this.

Love My Library for Life

I remember going to the library with my mother when I was young. We would check out 10 "picture books," the limit. She would read them to me or I would look at them and read what I could.I used the library when I was in high school and college. I checked out books to read for pleasure or as resources for reports or term papers.Now, as an adult, I check out books or audio books on CD. I will learn how to use Libby and other more modern methods for listening to books.I have also used the library for…

A Place For Everyone

The library is a special place. It is a place that welcomes everyone, and can transport you anywhere. No matter how small, how unfamiliar, how seemingly insignificant- each story has something vital and worthy to share. At the library, everyone can take as many slices they'd like. There is always enough, and some left over. A tale shared a thousand times, is always renewed when placed in a new reader's hands. At the library, safety and security is the soil in which new minds can grow. A quiet place, to mull over thoughts and swallow some whole.At the library, everyone…