We Lose When Libraries Are Closed
For nearly two centuries,
Americans enjoyed having access to free libraries, providing people of all
social classes and backgrounds access to vast collections of information,
including initially books, periodicals, and maps, and now videos, audiobooks, digital
content, and community resources and services. It is a place to explore one’s
curiosity, a safe space for inquiry, and an environment conducive for
researching, reading, and writing.
Unfortunately, America’s
biggest public library system, the New York Public Library, along with Brooklyn Public
Library, and Queens Public Library, are shuttering their doors on Sundays, as a
result of announced budget cuts by NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
This will take place
Thanksgiving weekend. We will have less to feel thankful for.
This is a blow to poor
people, children, parents, seniors, and anyone who pursues knowledge or seeks
refuge from a cold, ugly, and lonely world. A library is a book sanctuary, akin
to a house of worship, a shelter to those who just want to feel safe and surrounded
by like-minded people who pursue a quiet break from our society at large.
The first free modern public library was
opened in 1833 . The
Peterborough (N.H.) Town Libraries was the first institution funded by a
municipality with the explicit purpose of establishing a free library open to
all classes of the community. They must be rolling over in their graves.
Of course, this is not the
first time a library system reduced its services and curtailed its hours, but
that doesn’t soothe anyone today. Obviously, the city combined mismanagement
and corruption with a slow pandemic recovery and poor management to get to this
point. And millions of people pay the price for this.
Sure, the Internet makes a
lot of information and free digital books and materials available to people,
but the online world can’t replace buildings housing people. Nor can it play
librarian. Nor can it hold in-person events. We need our public libraries open
every day. The education and social interactions of millions depend on it.
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