I don't think there's an institution that's more important to invest in than the library and I think, in terms
of what we provide our community is for, in reading and intellectual resources.
We also provide public space. It's indoors
The library in a city is often the only place where you can sit down and have a drink of water, and maybe
use the bathroom and read a book or talk to a friend without having to pay money.
And so that library is the anchor institution, and so many of our communities. Making sure that we
invest all of us in those in the building's libraries and in the learning commons, that we have in our
University libraries. It's that's the life of the community. It's the life of the institution and organization,
and we have to invest our resources in life, right?
So I think all of us from the Librarians to do the work of connecting readers to resources. Has to the
Publishers and distribution partners that make it possible for us to do that work.
Also all of us have a shared stake in ensuring that the library as an institution persists and continues.
I think as more and more people gain access to information on the world wide web, we do need to
think in different and new ways about Library space and The crucial role that that space clays for all of
us in making sure. That the institution persists, I think in some ways, the space is the thing. That's the
most important. And we saw that during the pandemic, when people could not come into the library,
right? And that was a real barrier for people in terms of what they wanted to do. And I think it taught
all of us that the library is a more important institution now than ever before especially in terms of the
space, the indoor space that we provide.
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