I am so excited that Farmington, Utah just opened a brand new public library!
Our little community has needed a new library for such a long time.
I occasionally get to attend meetings at the Salt Lake Public Library. I love this stunningly beautiful library! I stopped and took this photo on my phone just a few weeks ago while I was attending a literacy meeting.
How do you feel about our public libraries? If you use one of our public libraries, which one is it and what services do you use?
I love public libraries! They have the budget to buy what I would like to have in my library: multiple copies of the newest books, books on tape/disc or play aways, and electronic books to check out to students' kindles and nooks. I live by the main Salt Lake County library, Whitmore. I really like this librry because it so big and the children's room is great. They have lots of space and unique shelves for special displays. They also have a nice stoy telling room and just expanded the teen corner into a seperate area. I always come away with a good idea of books to buy or themes to use in my library when I visit.
ReplyDeleteI think they're great. I use my neighborhood library even though it's very small. I check out books and videos.
ReplyDeleteI am also excited about the new library in Farmington! Especially since it is supposed to be the main central one. I go there occasionally when I want a book now and can't wait for it to be transferred to a branch closer to me. I check out books often at the Centerville Branch and the South Bountiful Branch. I have enjoyed public libraries my entire life.
ReplyDeleteI often will use the Anderson Foothill library because it is closest to my home. But frequently I will run into Sprague in Sugar House to find books. I usually go for books that I don't have in my library that I want to share with kids, or sometimes it is the book we are reading for book club that I need. I am trying to get my daughter-in-law to take my granddaughter to story times at the libraries.
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that I can access my public library from my ipod and iphone. I can read ebooks or listen to audio books even if I don't have time to visit the library. I can also check the web site and see what is new and what is recommended.
ReplyDeleteI use the branches all over Davis County. I get books for teachers,students,well,and myself. I promote the public library here at school because students ask for things I don't have because I DON'T HAVE AN AV BUDGET.
ReplyDeleteLike many of you, I use the SLC public library sytem all the time, for myself, my family, and my students. I love the ease of the new apps to request holds, list books for later, and check my account and due dates. Yay, public libraries! I also often talk about them with my students, how our school library is practice for the bigger public libraries in our community that we value and fund as a democratic society.
ReplyDeleteI got my start as a librarian working in a public library, more specifically running the public Bookmobile. It was a great experience. That library system had a very specific mission statement to help the disadvantaged or marginally disenfanchised to be more involved members of our society. A lofty goal, but one that has stayed with me as I try to consider and ballance the 3 programs here at Hawthorne.
ReplyDeleteYet, to me personally, the library has been more of a place for getting "recreational" reading and viewing materials. I have used the Sprauge and Foothill branches of the SL City, and the Columbus branch of the SL County libraries. But the one I use the most is the school library here, because I am here.
Unfortunatly for my wife, I tend to want to own the books I read, so I don't "borrow" them as much as I could, and our house is full of books, with more coming every year. But I have to admit, money used in the pusuit of reading, is beter spent than on many other things.
I am getting very excited about the new SLCPL here in Glendale and have been looking at libraries all over to get ideas for our new library. Springville's new library is beautiful if you want to see a bookstore model for circulation.
ReplyDeleteI go to the Main Library and Foothill Branch, but actually I am trying to read what I have on my shelves at Glendale!
Oh, yes, I check out a lot of eBooks from the library as well.
ReplyDeleteThe other library I didn't mention that I think is just beautiful is the new West Jordan Public Library. I attend a Literacy Continuum meeting there every three months and I absolutely look forward to driving to that location. Does anyone else visit the West Jordan library?
ReplyDeleteHave you noticed? We all love libraries!
ReplyDeleteThe Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University in New York is indescribably enthralling. They have not thrown out the card catalog. It would be heart breaking because of the many notations that have accumulated on the cards through the years.
I spent some time in the Yale University library this summer, as in summers past. It cost me $20.00 to go back into the stacks and it was worth it. I was researching (what better) library skills instruction, for one thing.
Rice University has a splendid library, of course. For that matter University of Central Missouri (where Al and I received our first degrees) has given us a lot of enjoyment during summer vacation.
How could I have not mentioned the ravishing Abbey Library of St. Gall? My mother's grandmother came from the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The library collection is the oldest in Switzerland, and is one of the earliest and most important monastic libraries in the world. It holds 2,100 manuscripts dating back to the 8th through the 15th centuries. The library holds almost 160,000 volumes. The library hall, designed by the architect Peter Thumb in a Rococo style, is considered the most beautiful non-sacred room of this style in Switzerland and one of the most perfect library rooms in the world. LOVE BEING IN IT.
ReplyDeleteIn 1983 the library together with the Abbey of St. Gall were made a World Heritage Site, as 'a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery'. Information from Wikipedia.
Here you may read items from the Abbey Library of St. Gall:
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Wunderbar.
When my husband and I travel, I always like to look for the Dale Carnegie libraries. I was surprised to find a Dale Carnegie library in Beaver, UT. Of course, I had to go inside and look at every aspect of it. My sister remembers our mother taking her to the Dale Carnegie Library in Phoenix when our family lived by the Arizona State Capitol Building years before I was born. She and I took pictures there several years ago.
ReplyDeleteMy great grandmother was one of the founders of the first library in Safford, Arizona.
I do love public libraries and the memories of my mother taking me often to the library when I was growing up.
It was also a privilege to serve as a member of the Murray Public Library Board for six years.
The Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah is another most awesome library. Where to begin?
ReplyDeleteExperienced guides and genealogists can help you with your research, and it’s available to you free of charge!
Approximately 200 cameras are currently digitizing records in over 45 countries. Records have been filmed in over 110 countries, territories, and possessions.
I love the public libraries. It always does my heart good to go in and see so many people, young, old, using the greatest resource in our communities. I love our downtown library in Salt Lake City, what a beautiful, artistic resource. It is so amazing and so many amenities there. I always loved going to the library. It was a big outing for my family in Columbus, Ohio to go to the library. We would go to the library on Lane Avenue. I could spend hours there. I hope that my children loved going to the library in our community growing up, we spent much time there.
ReplyDeleteThe Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah offers a Cancer Learning Center. It is a source for free information about cancer topics. The the Cancer Learning Center has become a model program for cancer education.
ReplyDeleteIn conclusion:
Franklin D. Roosevelt described libraries as "the great symbols of the freedom of the mind," "essential to the functioning of a democratic society."
We matter more than ever!
Libraries and democracy: The Cornerstones of Liberty.
Is the Farmington library near where the other one was?
ReplyDeleteI love public libraries so much that I decided several years ago to rarely buy books anymore. I store my books at the library and my DVD's on Netflix. I love Ben Franklin's great idea to start libraries!!
ReplyDeleteI use the West Jordan Public Library. I live in West Jordan and have used that library, the Midvale Library, and Murray Library quite often. I grew up visiting the library often especially during the summer months. I didn't have a school library when I was in elementary school, we had the book mobile visit my elementary school. So the public library was always a favorite. My siblings and I also played at being librarians at home with our own books. We made cards and envelopes for the back of the books and would check them out to each other. One of my all time favorite books, "Half Magic" starts with the children in the book going to the public library as the highlight of their summer vacation. Libraries are great!
ReplyDeleteI love using the Public Libraries. I use the Holladay Branch most of the time. When I was in the elementary library, I checked books out for my research units constantly. Now, not so much for high school, although, last year I did need more European country books that I checked out from the City Library. I also use the public library for my ladies' book club to check on availability of books that we are reading. One of the great plusses now is that you can check out ebooks without ever leaving your home. But I still like the feeling of walking into the library and browsing the shelves for books. I guess that's why I'm a librarian!!
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