Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children. Votes: 1
The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community. Votes: 1
It's easy to blame the nature-deficit disorder on the kids' or the parents' back, but they also need the help of urban planners, schools, libraries and other community agents to find nature that's accessible. Votes: 1
A library is a place that is a repository of information and gives every citizen equal access to it. That includes health information. And mental health information. It's a community space. It's a place of safety, a haven from the world. Votes: 1
In America there is a public library in every community. How many public libraries are there in Africa? Every day there are new books coming out and new ideas being discussed. But these new books and ideas don't reach Africa and we are being left behind. Votes: 1
The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop your own health system and library and have open space for democratic discussion and participation. Communities like that are really important. Votes: 1
A drop in younger children visiting libraries is of great concern. As children's laureate, I am passionate about the role of libraries, both in schools and in the wider community. They are unique places where children can begin their journey as readers, as well as being creative hubs. Votes: 1
As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street so that the generations served by that library grow up to be adults who contribute not just to their local communities but to the world. Votes: 1
I talk to a lot of librarians, and there's always a steady drumbeat of how libraries are places of community. But a lot of them have also recently - and just in the nick of time - refurbished, because during this economic downturn, people have a tendency to borrow instead of buy. Votes: 1
People are living books. The real library of life is community. Votes: 0
The death of a library, any library, suggests that the community has lost its soul. Votes: 0
The library (in the migrant community) I grew up in was my only link to the outside world. Votes: 0
Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. Votes: 0
A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life raft and a festival. Votes: 0
A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert. Votes: 0
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. Votes: 7 Rollo May
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. Votes: 7 Henry Ward Beecher