“Ironically, for all of the scheduled programming it offers, the BPL has discovered one of the biggest services it provides is simply its space—giving people a place to be. For free.”
The genius of public libraries is that they were created by citizens, and their only agenda is to collect what humans know—and perhaps try to be helpful.
Image: A production assistant digitizes stereoviews from the late 1800s to 1920s. / Courtesy photo