I love libraries. I grew up in the library. The St. Paul library has been very good to me. When I need a book not found in the St. Paul system, I look it up on World Cat, request it, and it arrives at my local branch. I get an email and pick it up.
The St. Paul library (and I assume the Minneapolis library) has some of the same research catalogs found in an academic institution, which I think is a great asset to those who are not enrolled at a university. There is also access to All Data, the car repair database (from inside the library only). Today while looking for something else on the library website (which could use an update) I discovered access to Rosetta Stone FROM MY HOUSE. I can't believe I can do the Spanish exercises from the comfort of my couch, without having to buy them!!!
Contrast my experience with those of my sis-in-law. While living in PA, she didn't even have access to inter-library loan. If she wanted a book not available at her local branch, too bad. Now, living in Wisconsin, she has access to a great little jewel of a library. The kids go every week for story time which includes songs and puppets followed by puzzle doing with the other story-time kids.
Please support your libraries!
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