Based on a request of a Dutch newspaper I wrote a concise opinion about the importance of libraries.

1. Libraries are vitamin hubs for the mind
Thei Geurts

2. Vitamin hubs for the mind
Based on a request of a Dutch newspaper I wrote a concise opinion about the
importance of libraries. (Thei Geurts, February 21, 2020)
Libraries are vitamin hubs for the mind. As vitamins are vital for the growth,
recovery and well-functioning of the body, so are libraries indispensable for
self- and social-reliance and -resilience, the ability to contextualize and to
give meaning in a changing society. They are gateways to knowledge and
imagination and adversaries of modern illiteracy. ‘Literacy is pattern
recognition and action’ (David Lankes).
The deterioration of the library landscape is alarming. Every authority should
invest in matters that are socially desirable, but (short-term) economically
not profitable. Let’s not forget that a nation that doesn’t teach and
encourages its children to read and to stay literate long-term destroys its
own future.

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See also:
https://theiland.posthaven.com/libraries-and-the-process-of-me