I went to the library today. For the last twenty years i must have taken out hundreds of books fromthe library here in Bangor. Occasionally we will read that the BPL has one of the highest circulation rates in the country. I like to think i play a part in that, as much as anyone individual that is.
Today I was there t pick up a book tthat was just published called We the Animals. I am what I call an agressive reader. I am always searching out new books. Using Amazon I usually know that a book I am interested n is being published and so often with the reserve system at the library I can get a new book right away. With the library exchange system it works even better. The book I was looking for was available at only one library in the state but with one click was able to have it sent to our local library.
What a great system. With a little research any book in a library can be yours. We discovered this years ago. My children, both of them, learned to count to ten and well beyond by counting the steps at the library entrance. Indeed thye as they got to be six and seven they too liked requesting new books.
Last week my daughter, now twelve, accompanied me to the library to pi k up a book i had requested. As we went to be desk a nice fellow who has been working at the library for quite sometime greeted me by name and handed me my books. My daughter said " Wow Dad thye know you by name and just hand you your books."
Thinking about it later my wife said " Is there a better place that you would want to be known by name." An accurate statement that says much.
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