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Ramona library is well loved!

Today was my second visit to the branch this week, and there is always much going on!

I needed to pick up a couple of reserved books and renew my library card. There was a storytime ending with excited preschoolers and their caregivers selecting books to check out. Others fill up the computer center, using the public computers free of charge, study rooms are busy with people too.

I know I will be back at the branch tomorrow to attend a class about composting at your home. I've been a life-long library user and avid reader.

I sincerely appreciate all that is offered and the many ways ALL people can use library services.

“More Than Books: A Lifelong Conversation with My Library”

I was born in New York State to Haitian immigrants who fled a dictatorship and came to this country seeking opportunity and a better life. For them, education and access to knowledge were sacred, tools for freedom and advancement. That belief shaped my earliest memories, and no place captured that spirit more than the first library I ever visited: the Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley, New York.Growing up in a predominantly Jewish but beautifully diverse community, I was surrounded by neighbors from every part of the world, including Haitian, Hasidim (Jews), Iranian, Jamaican, Puerto Rican, Indian, Albanian, and Korean…

Library saves people!

I have an eye disease that can lead to blindness. I have a iPad and use it to borrow books. I like it because as my vision worsens, I can change the font size. I also if my eyesight fails to the point that I can physically read, I will be able to rent the same books in an audio format! Saving our libraries and their services in important and absolutely necessary.Cheryl Tomac