Ever since I was younger I have enjoyed reading books at the local library. Have you ever been to a library?
Oh yes - I love libraries not just for books but for newspapers, magazines, DVDs and lots of other things!
You are right, my vision was too limited. I have had the option to rent all of those items you mentioned from a library and that is a good opportunity.
My last two libraries also provided digital access to a wide range of material, which was very helpful when I was injured.
That's great that they offered that. I think it is good that they expanded access to resources past brick and mortar because that is the way of the world.
Exactly, and it's great that it doesn't matter if the library itself is just a few shelves or many millions of books. With digital more people can access more items of interest.
These days, libraries are also functioning as community centers to help people mobilize and organize for their rights.
or private sponsorship. Since the 1960s, issues of computerization and digitization have arisen.
Library history is the academic discipline devoted to the study of the history of libraries; it is a subfield of library science and of history.
Early libraries.
The first libraries consisted of archives of the earliest form of writing – the clay tablets in cuneiform script discovered in temple rooms in Sumer, some dating back to 2600 BC. About an inch thick, tablets came in various shapes and sizes. Mud-like clay was
Her father was a house builder and later successful real estate developer, while her mother worked as the bookkeeper for her father's business. Early on, her parents encouraged her to read, leading to what would become her love of reading. She said, "I learned [how important reading is] at home from my mother. When I was a little girl, my mother would read stories to me. I have loved books and going to the library ever since. In the summer, I liked to spend afternoons