Top Ten Reasons Libraries Are Still Important

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Top 10 Reasons Libraries Are Still Important Chuck Hamaker Associate University Librarian for Collections & Technical Services J. Murrey Atkins Library - UNC Charlotte
No single player has more "marbles" than libraries worldwide. #10
It takes four to tango (publishers, vendors, writers and readers). Libraries bring them together. #9
Without libraries there would be no tinfoil hats. #8
Libraries champion freedom of thought. #7
Who else would buy all those books professors write? #6
Someone has to try to maintain graffiti-free public bathrooms. #5
No one has devised a better system for identifying, gathering, collating and exposing the world's knowledge. #4 "Information is the currency of democracy” --Thomas Jefferson "Libraries are the people's banks” --Library Media Project
“ Libraries are growing organisms: they change to meet societies' needs.” -- Ranganathan #3
Libraries are great places to meet new people or take a nap. #2
Libraries keep the lights on our cultural patrimony. #1
Questions? Chuck Hamaker [email_address]