Libraries are suffering at the hands of budget,curriculum and digital demands. But we must not underestimate this vital resourceI remember my school library: it had two floors with spiral staircases, individual study cubicles and a classroom on the upper floor. It was attached to the sixth form block, or giving the students easy access to a study facility. One particular memory is of a Puffin Books sale – I could even expose you the books I bought (and still have).
This was in the days before personal computing so the only source of information apart from other people,TV or radio – was books. There was something tactile approximately walking up to a shelf, looking along the spines and selecting a book which you hoped would reply the question posed in your homework or choosing a work of fiction by reading the blurb on the back.
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Source: theguardian.com