Question

why is library useful to all of us?

Answer 1

I want this section of my site, especially, to grow and change with time. It will (eventually) encompass quick thoughts, famous quotes, and longer essays about why all sorts of libraries matter to society. I’d like it to be a resource for everyone who is standing up for libraries and their employees.

I welcome your ideas and contributions. Contact me with your own reasons Why Libraries Are Essential, and I may post them here (if you permit me). Include your name, organization, and city/state if you’d like me to publish that info.


♦ Libraries are portals to all of the world’s knowledge. And librarians make sure that knowledge continues to be recorded and saved for the future, even as information-storage devices and formats change.

♦ The information kept in libraries helps everyday people start their own small businesses, which helps grow the economy.

♦ If libraries are not essential, then why have some of the world’s smartest and richest people (such as Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates) poured their time and money into them?

♦ There is much more to doing real research than typing a few words into a search engine such as Google. Librarians are trained to do high-level research, which supports scientists, doctors, lawyers, professors, writers, government officials, and other important professionals every single day. Without the aide of librarians, all of these people would be making decisions without having all of the relevant knowledge they need on their topics.

♦ Librarians offer basic computer classes for anyone who want to get up to speed without paying for long-term, expensive classes.

Answer 2

library is useful to all of us because, we can get knowledge by reading a book. if we need any book immediately we can go to library and find whatever we want.