I love the smell. I love the endless shelves. I love wandering and finding a treasure. I love the big comfy chairs. I love that there is a kid’s section. I love that the last time my dad went to the library he took out his wallet to pay.
Books for free are magic to me. They give anyone willing to read the opportunity to learn
about anything that interests them.
Continuing Education at your fingertips for FREE!
As a kid, I remember walking up the glassed in ramp of the
Boulder Public Library, my heart rate rising from both my speed and my
excitement. I wanted to stop and
look at the artwork that lined the walls but I was too excited to get to the
books. Many were favorites and
many were brand new. There were
beanbags to sit on and librarians to help. But in the end it was up to me to decide how I would spend
my time, what books I would choose to take home. I checked them out with my own card. Really it was my first foray into the
adult world, as it was also up to me to treat the books well and get them back
on time so that I could go through the experience all again. My first taste of
freedom and responsibility; power. The library has since been remodeled but I will always
remember it this way.
Library for Kindle
I own the first generation Kindle, in all its quirky wonder,
and it became my most prized possession when I was breastfeeding Darren. One of the many things I didn’t know
about breastfeeding was that it usually leads directly to nap time and it is
very hard to turn pages in a book with a sleeping baby in your arms. So my Kindle and I were connected and
it was invaluable to me to be able to escape in to a book during that
time. But since I haven’t even
picked the thing up. I guess I
just like regular books better, and quite frankly I want Darren to see me
reading books not machines.
I discovered that my library is now lending books for
the Kindle and I thought I would check it out just to see how it worked, and I
have to say it works incredibly well!
I think a lot of things with technology are needlessly invasive. You have to provide email and credit
card numbers to do just about anything anymore and so I had my doubts, but this
was a very simple thing. No
different than putting a book on hold, except that instead of an email saying
your book is ready to be picked up you get an email saying it is ready for
download: you click the button, sync your device, and voilá! I know I won’t limit myself to this
service because I love actually going to the library, but I have to say that I
think I will use it frequently because of the ease.
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