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Agree with every word. And great photos!

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Always love to see positive library photos and comments. I was a public school librarian, K-12, and also worked at the Syracuse University Library and volunteer at our public library. 👍 👏🏻 👏🏻

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Mary, this is so interesting. I too worked for a semester at the Syracuse University Library around 1964-5 -- for $1 an hour!

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Such a beautiful postcard, Deda--your research of all these wonderful libraries is outstanding!!!!!!

With some communities in our country now trying to ban books, our public libraries are more important than ever! I love the quote: "libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination".

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Linda, about your quote -- the energy stored in libraries seems replenished by those whose imagination produces books!

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Susan Orlean's The Library Book (2018) is a love letter

to books and libraries, especially regarding the 1986 fire at

the LA Central Library. Higfhly recommended.

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Thank you, Sheila! I just placed The Library Book on hold at our county library and am looking forward to reading it.

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