The following opinion piece may be of interest to ABQLA members:

Restore the noble purpose of libraries

Focusing so much on their technology actually dumbs them down.

from the July 17, 2009 edition, Christian Science Monitor

Laredo, Texas - Libraries were once a sacred secular space of silence and reverence – a place where one automatically lowered one's voice. As a direct heir to the Enlightenment, the establishment of libraries was a testament to the self-evident integrity of mankind, the belief that we all desire to find the truth through knowledge.

Read the whole article in the Christian Science Monitor