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WillowLee's avatar

I am a huge fan of my library and have held cards everywhere I have lived since I was in grade school. I am thankful to live in an area with a well-resourced, well-utilized libary. One additional benefit relating to this piece, is, similar to a woman escaping a controlling spouse, libraries also provide a peaceful space for kids with less than ideal home lives. Anyway, thank you for sharing this with us, I really enjoyed reading it!

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Jodi Rose Crump's avatar

Thank you for reading & commenting! This is one of my favorite posts I have written. And I continue to say this advice at least weekly & whenever I can, I point them to this newsletter, too, because it says so much more than I can ever say in a small Facebook comment!

I have owned and do own a lot of library cards in my life. I love books. I love libraries. I just love them. I moved to Kansas 2 years ago, and I have 3 library cards now from 3 different local libraries. 🤣

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Jennie Robertson's avatar

I really enjoyed this post! I love visiting libraries.

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Jodi Rose Crump's avatar

Thank you! Please feel free to share this with everyone! Folks don’t know what Librarians do, other than sort books!

Librarians Want people to visit. 💛

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JFT Beach 🇬🇧 🏊 🧘‍♂️'s avatar

Thanks for writing this. I love my local library and everywhere I've lived the library has been a little part of things. All true stuff about tech making librarians less used - but hopefully there will always be a place for them. I enjoyed this and just subscribed.

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Jodi Rose Crump's avatar

Glad to have you as a subscriber! We need libraries and librarians !! 📚

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Angie Choiniere's avatar

I am happy to see how utilized my library is as I go almost weekly when holds come in. I do notice when a neighbourhood doesn't have a library or bookstore within walking distance.

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Jodi Rose Crump's avatar

That’s so great you go weekly & that you see it being used so frequently ! Because I have moved so often, I am now a library card holder at I think 4 different libraries now 🤣

Thank you for reading and commenting !

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Stacey LaRoy's avatar

Libraries and librarians are indeed a grossly underutilized source.

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Jodi Rose Crump's avatar

and they miss patrons, since the onset of the Internet. 💔

Thank you for commenting !! 💜

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