Click here for 14 lessons from libraries all over the world. It was one of our board members who forwarded this to me and I find that in itself inspiring.

Right now we are working through locations for some of our libraries and what the role of the library is for the community. This article makes some interesting points about libraries and their role in revitalzing a community.

Being ultimately responsible for the finances of the library I find this a very difficult decision. There is no guarantee that by putting a library in a depressed area that it will be the catalyst to revitalize it. What if we make that decision and 10 years from now it is still just the library holding up the area? It would be so much easier to just stay in our tucked away corner but my heart tells me that taking the chance is the right thing to do. Libraries have the same rights to make mistakes as anyone else but we are using tax payers money and this is a lot of money…. How do we best serve the community and do it in a timely and logical manner? It would be nice to have a Director to lead us through this - soon, soon.