Saturday, February 9, 2013

#Love libraries


I just found out that today, 9 February 2012 is National Libraries Day (albeit in the UK). If you happen to be over there, you are in luck as there will be all kinds of activities organized for the occasion. I just thought I would use this day as an excuse to write about how much I love libraries, and how deeply I believe they should be fully public, by which I mean EVERYONE should have free access to them (are you listening, Dutch government?). If that means they have to be subsidized, so be it. The Queen already gave up the throne (I love that she is so modern and she seems such a nice person), so perhaps that will imply some cost savings? Like I said, how do you expect foreigners to learn the language if they can not have free books/ classes available? Access to books, to a great deal of them should be a human right. Is it Marcela? And let's not forget that when people stop asking questions, the grounds are ready for totalitarianships. Books are key in keeping our minds open, in making us wonder of other ways of thinking, in transporting us to far away places and unknown worlds without having to leave the place we are. There are so many reasons why I love books, but today I just want to advocate for free libaries.

read the printed word! 

8 comments:

  1. Ooh ik houd van bibliotheken, mijn favoriete plekje! Ik ben lid van 3 bibliotheken, bibliotheek Haarlem, bibliotheek op het station en de OBA (Amsterdam).

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    1. Oh ja, de OBA is een super leuke bibliotheek. Ik moet nog naar de bibliotheek in Haarlem. De bibliotheek in Den Haag is ook een mooie. Ze hebben renovaties ook gedaan.

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    2. Die in Haarlem is niet zo bijzonder hoor, haha, dan kun je beter naar de OBA. Ik ga erheen omdat ik er woon. ;) Maar de bibliotheek op het station is wel heel bijzonder! Hier kun je er meer over lezen mocht je geïnteresseerd zijn: http://www.psbydila.com/bibliotheek-op-het-station

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    3. Bedankt voor de tip. Ik ga nu je post lezen :)

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  2. Love this post.

    I actually met my husband in a library!! SO romantic.

    xx

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    1. Oh wow met your husband in a library ! I sure fantasized about that, and you are right. SO. ROMANTIC.

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  3. I love libraries!
    www.rsrue.blogspot.com

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