Thursday, March 16, 2017
The Good News of Public Libraries, 3.16.2017
This afternoon I walked eight blocks north to the Central West End’s Schlafly Library where I picked up three books by Bernard B. Fall, whom Noam Chomsky once described as “the most respected analyst and commentator on the Vietnam War”—Last Reflections on a War, Street without Joy, and Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu. The new trainee at the circulation desk said, “All these are very old books, look at the condition they’re in!”
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Which awesome and ordinary libraries have you visited?
ReplyDeleteI do not have much disposable income and have decided to explore Milwaukee by visiting its libraries. I began this in September of 2016 and have been to roughly 7 different ones around the city. It has been great seeing the architecture, the different atmosphere of each one and meeting the librarians. In my mind, public libraries are the greatest institution humans have created! I will say though, it has become more and more difficult to acquire a library card. The Milwaukee Public Library system knows that my address is a "shelter" and I am only allowed to check out 3 books at a time and no media. But I will take 3 than none!
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