Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 14:29:32 -0800 (PST) From: Tamar Lindsay <dicconf at yahoo.com> Subject: [WSFA] Save the Libraries To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> I loathe Pullman's books, but he is absolutely accurate in this speech. It should be read into the record at every annual town financial meeting, and posted in every library, too, to remind people. Without public libraries, Terry Pratchett would never have discovered that he liked books. I would have read some, because we had more books in our house than most people, but I would never have read as much as I did. We went to the library twice a week. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/opinion/01tue4.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211 http://falseeconomy.org.uk/blog/save-oxfordshire-libraries-speech-philip-pullman =Tamar