Libraries are where you make friends ...

What do you think of when I say the word, LIBRARY?

I bet for most of you what comes to mind is books, and that’s OK because the book is the most recognizable icon associated with libraries and probably the most common answer to that question. (In an OCLC study , nothing even came close … )

So, we're all about books. Well ... , yes and no.

As libraries reinvent themselves to try to stay apace with our rapidly evolving world, they have also broadened their missions to include other roles now, including that of the “community commons”. Simply, a place where members of the community cross paths, deliberately or accidentally and exchange pleasantries. In other words, libraries have accepted a social role. This takes many forms, this blog being one of them (allowing me a space to have a conversation with you). But perhaps one of the most powerful manifestations is just that people meet at the library … they talk to each other (and exchange ideas) …and often they make friends.