Storytime

It just so happens that Library Lovers Day falls on another loving day...Valentines. And while we all know, constantly bombarded by visions of giving our loved ones flowers, chocolates and jewellery, why we are MEANT to celebrate love and all it's fuzzy redness....Library Lovers Day quietly sails by with few folks celebrating. But for some of us, it's a very special day. And of course there are so many reasons to love your library. Firstly it's FREE. Yep, free. Nothing, nada, nil, no cost. Libraries are also inclusive. We don't care what religion or gender or nationality you are, we don't care if you are rich or poor, literate or not. We merely welcome you all. Libraries are also vital community hubs. We help to build communities, people connect and meet there, it's a great place to catch up.  And we have so many activities...FREE. There are book clubs and craft groups, conversation clubs and writing groups. We have speakers ...

Must admit to a bit of bias...I think libraries are great places. All those books, free to take home. Row after row of them, all lined up in easy to navigate order. What more could a person want? And libraries today have changed dramatically since the days of the frowning spinsterish badly-dressed older woman telling everyone to shhhhhhhhhh! Today they are a vital part of the community....in some cases they become the hub of the community. Whether you use a library to borrow books, CD's or DVD's (cheaper than the video store), to do research, use a computer or game station, a quiet place to study or even to sit down and catch up with the paper...it's all good. And if you thought working in a library only meant dealing out books, here are some of the things I've done over the past few years * Read blurbs to the visually impaired to help them decide which ones they would like * Found the local pound *Using the Melways to find not only local addresses - but how ...