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Dear colleagues: What a disappointment for me! As a retired librarian whose library career spans more than sixty years in a variety of libraries I was hoping for a cogent "defense of libraries in the 21st century." Instead I get a praise of the fascinating memorabilia which can be viewed at the NY Public Library. How does that help us ordinary librarians who labor in the many libraries all over our country and must convince politicians to let us have enough funds to maintain our institutions to serve the folks living in our neighborhood and to persuade the young people growing up to be citizens and voters that not all wisdom can be found on the internet and in Wikipedia. And besides I recall how I came to America in 1939, fleeing from the Nazis, having no money and desperately needing and wanting to become fluent in English. The public library branch in our neighborhood was my source of books. I could read and read and it did not cost me anything! True, that was way before the internet and TV, but there are still people - like me in 1939 - who need the resources that are available without charge in our public libraries. Let's not forget that. Susanne Batzdorff, Santa Rosa, CA. --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
