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Can t Wait to Read Heart of the Community: The Libraries We Love

This is such a great idea. Berkshire Publishing has produced a book called Heart of the Community: The Libraries We Love. I don t have a copy yet but I m planning to get one ASAP.

Here s a description from co-editor Karen Christensen:
This celebration of libraries began one bright spring morning in Stone Ridge, New York. My husband, David Levinson, and I were driving along Route 209 in the Catskills. As we passed through Stone Ridge, a village noted for its old, stone houses, David (who is also my business partner and president of Berkshire Publishing) pointed out that one of those houses was actually the village library. He then mused that libraries were often among the grandest buildings in town, architecturally striking, and valued by their communities. As publishers, our thoughts quickly turned to books. David didn t think he d ever seen a book that celebrated the unique qualities and contributions of America s public libraries. I couldn t think of one either, and as soon as we could we went looking for such a book ” and found none. Queries to librarian friends also turned up a blank. We immediately decided that this was a book we had to do.

We wanted to celebrate libraries and their contribution to American and Canadian life. Public libraries are a foundation of democracy, helping create informed citizens. This book attempts to display the full range of the diversity, potential, style, history, and contributions of libraries in the United States and Canada. We looked for regional diversity from east to west and north to south, and temporal coverage, from the earliest libraries to the very newest. We also wanted to include libraries that have successfully undergone change, whether it is relocation, renovation, expansion, new missions, or new clientele.

The selection process was turned into a contest of sorts, and we received nearly three hundred nominations ranging from single-page essays to bulging binders filed with newspaper clippings, annual reports, and color photos. We were overwhelmed not just by the quantity of materials we received, but also by the level of support and affection we were seeing for libraries. We were overjoyed by the diversity of libraries represented in the deluge of nomination packets”large urban ones that had been brought back from the dead, those that had recovered from tornadoes and fires, historical libraries updated while holding onto their past, new ones that blend into the environment, and a few associated with famous people such as Mark Twain, Garrison Keillor, and Kurt Vonnegut. Narrowing the list to 80 was a difficult task.

This book is organized simply for maximum reader satisfaction. Each of the libraries is featured in a two-page spread of text, photographs, and other illustrations. Basic information for each library is at the top of the first page in each spread. Here and there, the text is supplemented by quotes from famous and influential people about books and libraries. The libraries are listed in zip code/postal code order, beginning with 01247 for North Adams, Massachusetts, and ending with S4P 3Z5 for Regina, Saskatchewan. A map in the front shows where each library is located, and an index in the back lets readers see which libraries are related to one another by topic. Libraries that were nominated and merited serious consideration but were not among the final eighty are listed in the appendix: Libraries of Distinction.

I ve wanted to do a similar book for indie bookstores for a long time. Maybe there s a Bookstores We Love in the future.

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