I have a neurological disorder that makes reading difficult. My public library is the only place where I can access texts to train my brain into reading properly. Without the access to a large volume of high quality print materials I don't know how I would be getting better.

You always try to answer my questions. You help me to find books for my mom. You have a working Fax.

My whole life, libraries have been my refuge, from conflicts in my parents house, a way to read books I could not afford and later, at college, a quiet place to learn. I go to my local BPL on Boylston Street, every week and am heartened and delighted by the variety of users, and visitors it receives. I see myself in the children and young teens, who can now access so many tools for learning and enrichment. Thank you libraries everywhere, especially, in Bosyon, MA.

I appreciate the Whitman Library so much! I regularly check out fiction books, and often use their nonfiction section for research, cookbooks, and recently checked out a book on shed building including plans and blueprints on ILL I will use to build my own shed. I also love to check out ebooks on my ereader and occasionally use audiobooks on my phone. The streaming services are excellent as well, and helps me not have to pay for other services. I love the library!

I love my local library - the librarian has great recommendations and actively seeks out authors and titles of interest to the community. Our library is a great resource for our small town. Further, through Libby and CW Mars I get much wider access to ebooks and audiobooks!

I fell in love with libraries as a child and never fell out. I’m a lonely champion of my local libraries, telling friends and anyone who will listen- the library is a treasure. Don’t buy; borrow! I visit weekly. Walking the shelves in quiet meditation, a tactile thing in a digital life. Knowledge in a misinformation algorithm. I borrow books, magazines, sewing machines, games, tools, museum passes. There isn’t a social resource, I’d say, more vital to our imaginations and well being.

Homeschooling two children for 9 years, we used hundreds and hundreds of books to enrich every aspect of our curriculum! It was possible because of CWMARS! And Belchertown Clapp Memorial Library!