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Libraries are amazing places. Gone are the days of the boring old building with a stern librarian insisting that everyone stay as quiet as a mouse while in the building.
Today, when you walk in you’ll be confronted with a very different world, one filled with computers and modern technology.
Back in the ancient World one of the seven wonders was the library in Alexandria. Built by a disciple of the great Aristotle and charged with the task of collecting the world’s knowledge into one place it’s a task that libraries seek to live up to today.
The modern library isn’t just a collection of knowledge though, using both modern and ancient tools they can and are used for research and education. Writing an article or essay on an historical event? The best place for information is turn to the books that record it. You’ll find them in a library.
With the advent of the digital age the library has received a new lease of life, instead of having to go and rent a DVD from the shop you can also head down to the library and often get the DVD out for a week for a fraction of the cost of renting.
Recreational reading is a major avenue for the library too with books costing so much today. Books are nice to look at on a shelf but if you’re only going to read them once then why not get them out of the library, read them and then give them back for only the cost of getting to the library
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