My lady Renee lays it down about the library. Go here to read.

Our libraries are in trouble, and I never thought I’d see the day. The library saved my life all throughout childhood–I could
go there and escape. I could check out books on my reading level instead of being force fed the prescribed books in class.
I could go there with my dad and my sister, as a family. I could look up anything I wanted, find resources for my book reports
and projects(what’s up, encyclopedia britannica). I could fantasize about owning my own fully stocked card catalogue. I could
walk through the back aisles and smell the age and time and life between the pages. When home life was too much, too
confusing, too chaotic–I had a safe place to go. That’s the short version. The library helped me survive. My heart breaks
to think that someday our libraries might be a thing of the
past, that my kids may never have that experience..

Go to the link, read Renee’s words. An exerpt:

The library is more important than you. The library is more important than its librarians. The library is more
important than the materials on its shelves, screens, and speakers. The library is more important than the buildings that
house those materials. The library is more important than its director. The library is more important than the newspaper, the
TV and radio stations, and all of their reporters. The library is more important than the mayor, city council, congresspersons,
the governor, and every candidate for those offices. The library is more important than the state budget and the rest
of its funding sources. The library is more important than Andrew Carnegie.

The library is more important, because its potential for change and growth extends beyond you, to your family, your
neighbors, and your community. The library is not just a symbol or a luxury. It is a cornerstone for an informed society to
build its future. Anyone can use the library’s resources to become the next librarian, director, mayor, reporter, congressperson,
governor, anything. The library is open to anyone to educate herself and her children without agenda or bias, to entertain
himself with the media of his choice, to find employment, to research and read and listen and write and watch.

In my cover letter to apply for this job, I wrote, “Libraries, as a free source of unrestricted public education, are a vital part
of our communities.” Now that I work here, I know that to be true. It says right above the door: Free to the People.
The library is not more important than the people. Who are the People? That’s you.