http://shyturnip.com/2006/06/22/not-just-the-books-but-the-place-where-i-live-with-them/ Sat, 19 May 2012 06:08:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://shyturnip.com/2006/06/22/not-just-the-books-but-the-place-where-i-live-with-them/#comment-2855 tercat Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:26:12 +0000 http://shyturnip.com/2006/06/22/not-just-the-books-but-the-place-where-i-live-with-them/#comment-2855 Wow... It's crazy to me to realize that you haven't been in SC since 1998. Anyway, yes... Maybe it's just me and things are not as I see them, but it seems like Schlow is still an important part of the town--busy and valued. I always felt like it was when I lived there. If I have kids, a town with a thriving public library is the kind of place where I want them to grow up. Wow… It’s crazy to me to realize that you haven’t been in SC since 1998. Anyway, yes… Maybe it’s just me and things are not as I see them, but it seems like Schlow is still an important part of the town–busy and valued. I always felt like it was when I lived there. If I have kids, a town with a thriving public library is the kind of place where I want them to grow up.

]]> http://shyturnip.com/2006/06/22/not-just-the-books-but-the-place-where-i-live-with-them/#comment-2854 Nora Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:21:41 +0000 http://shyturnip.com/2006/06/22/not-just-the-books-but-the-place-where-i-live-with-them/#comment-2854 Yea libraries! I haven't been back to State College since 1998, but I am so glad to hear that this library is still thriving - particularly in a time when many public libraries really have to fight to keep their doors open. If I remember correctly, Ed Rendell alotted a good chuck of cash in order to support libraries in PA. As a librarian and archivist I know how hard it is to justify the importance of libraries to the people with the money to endow them. Unless they have had a meaningful experience in one, they cannot grasp the relevance. It's up to the library staff to get that point across and it ain't easy when you are competing for dollars. Yea libraries! I haven’t been back to State College since 1998, but I am so glad to hear that this library is still thriving - particularly in a time when many public libraries really have to fight to keep their doors open. If I remember correctly, Ed Rendell alotted a good chuck of cash in order to support libraries in PA. As a librarian and archivist I know how hard it is to justify the importance of libraries to the people with the money to endow them. Unless they have had a meaningful experience in one, they cannot grasp the relevance. It’s up to the library staff to get that point across and it ain’t easy when you are competing for dollars.

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