My line manager discovered you the other day, and recommended you to me. When I said you put together an excellent book, she told me to get one. So I’ve placed an order for our libraries. So we’ll be promoting for you too!

In fact, you’ve both prompted me to visit my local library and see what’s on (there’s one a 10-minute walk away).

It is people with opinions such as yours David that we are trying to convert. You may not feel that libraries have anything to offer you, but what Katie trying to say is that there most probably is something because our services are so diverse.

It’s really frustrating for those of us trying to promote libraries that we have to constantly fight against stereotypical views of libraries. But then is that not the whole point of the ‘surprise inside’ you have commented on.

However you would not be our target audience as you can see the value of libraries and can manage without. It is curious that the people that actually ‘need’ the library don’t use them!

I could’ve made myself more clear (and I’ve updated the post to be sure). I wasn’t saying there’s no need for libraries. Far from it. Just that there’s not really a need for me.

“In the past I made a lot more use of library resources. Today, there’s not really a need. Still, it helps to have a change of scenery when researching a project.”

I am a Librarian at a public library on Long Island and I strongly disagree with your words. We offer so much more to our community then just a research paper. You can now download books, see performances, get the newest best-seller, see a movie, get a cd of your favorite band, see art work from a local artist in the gallery, go online, get wireless…FOR FREE. People today with the economy are and should be taken advantage of all the public library has to offer. Our stats are higher then they have ever been. So there really is a NEED! I am also a graphic designer for the library and find that designing a logo for a public (non-for profit) library is one of the hardest things to do. How do you say how much you have to offer in just one word?

I think you should visit your library and see what we have. The logo you talked about…it proof….the “surprise” would be on you!

And by the way we are in NEED! If you talked to one of your local librarians they could tell you!

I found your post to be ignorant, primitive and uninformed.

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Al,

I agree, it’s pleasing to see this thought and effort going into community libraries.

Enjoy the weekend, guys. It’s a great day by the sea.

As for the interior mural idea, love that!! It’s good to see this kind of project given the room to breathe and be expressed in it’s own environment rather than be created using clinical guidelines.