Libraries need love

August 18, 2008 - 7:46am — Blake

The public library is among the last real democratic institutions. The Holds shelf is an exemplar of the social contract. A library applies systemic order to cacophonous wilds of ideas, and the librarians who make it happen are eternal sex symbols. "Quiet" and "books" are intoxicating signifiers, but more than that, the library loves its patrons with Aslan-calibre benevolence. It wants to help you. It wants to enrich you.

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August 19, 2008 - 8:39am — the zak

Critical theory. Review our cities' public libraries critically.

A more critical approach is needed about our cities' public libraries. Critical theory should be developed for reviewing the usability and the navigability of our cities' public libraries.