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There’s always been a library in my life

As a little girl I remember skipping down to the library with my Mom to get my first library card. It seemed like such a big girl thing and I treasured that card. My Mom was a great reader and worked as a librarian in the school system and one day found my name on the current card of a book I had checked out 40 years ago. Magic!

Libraries have always been magical for me. A source of inspiration, discovery and research. We’ve moved a bit and one of the first things I do in a new town is go get my library card. I’ve turned many people onto the magic of libraries with my enthusiasm. It’s amazing to me that the library offers so much access to all the great things i love to read including magazines. Now with Libby im Regularly filling my save and borrow list with recommendations from friends and things I read online

there’s just not enough hours in the day to read everything I’d like to at our library, but I’m sure gonna try!

The Last Bastion of Learning Without Obligation

I absolutely love bringing my daughter to the library and seeing the joy in her eyes at the promise of reading a new book. Because of the San Marcos Library, we're now 10 books deep into a 14 book series we use for bed time reading, and that's just the current series! More important than my personal story, the local library holds an absolutely essential place in the fabric of our communities; Libraries are one of the last places left where someone can spend time and explore ideas without being expected to spend money. If you don't quite understand what…

My family and the library

40+ years ago we lived in Tierrasanta. It was a fairly new community and had no library. But the bookmobile would come by every week at the bottom of our street and my boys and I would go and visit and pick out books. When a library was built, and the boys were older, they would go there after school and wait for me to pick them up. My younger son now is a teacher and has a son of his own. He introduced his son to the library early on. Libraries are an important part of their lives. His…