We love our libraries. It's a great place to take my kids to get books, play and participate in activities. I love the programming our library provides. Please continue supporting library systems. They are critical to our communities.

I love the library for all the different pieces of media I've been able to access because of it. Not only books. Books are the main thing of course, but I've also been able to access movies and games that I never would've been able to otherwise because of libraries. And I've recently been able to share the joy of libraries with my little brother

The library is an essential resource for me and my family in countless ways. It offers incredible cultural items (books, films, music, and live performances) from across the state and serves as a welcoming community space where people from all walks of life and political backgrounds can connect and come together.

I absolutely love my library! I am able to find audiobooks and physical books that I would otherwise not be able to afford to buy. I have loved reading since I was a little girl and I am so excited to not only be able to read just about anything I desire, from my local library, but also share my love of reading with my kids. My son has dyslexia so audiobooks have been a life saver for him. My daughter loves to go to the library after school and hang out with her friends and pick up the latest book in whatever series she is currently reading.

This library anchors my family in this town. It is a safe haven for my family to get lost in a random story or learn more about a topic of science, math, fabric arts, history, and anything and everything under the sun! I greatly enjoy walking into the building the past 13 years being greeted by first the walls lined with books, then the center tables adorned with books, and then the smiling faces of the librarians and other staff members welcoming us. This library is open rain or shine, all season long. This library acts like a guiding star to many of our questions in life. This library, and all other libraries, are indispensable and should never be considered for anything but improvements, never closure or destruction.

Public libraries are a precious resource and good librarians are worth their weight in gold. They don’t just help people with books. They help us work on resumes, learn English, get computer access, help mothers find books to read to their toddlers, print and make sense of documents sent from doctors, and connect to tax advice just to name a few. This is a real list of things I’ve observed in a typical week at my local library. They need more funding, not cuts!

I rely on my local library for nearly all of my reading (and listening). I visit the brick and mortar library about once a month, and then I’m an avid user of Libby. This is an amazing resource that is great in so many ways - first it’s a great search engine for finding new books to read or listen to, second, it provides quick, easy ways to access ebooks and audiobooks, third, it offers an ongoing timeline of books you’ve read, and lastly, it provides an expanded repertoire of available “books”, as it links to the Merrimac Library Consortium. I’ve come to rely on Libby, and try to imagine life without it! Nope, can’t do it!

I just released an album that I recorded, mixed, and graphic designed in the makerspaces at the main branch and JP branch of the Boston Public Library. Having access to recording equipment and software allowed me to learn more about how to make an album and how to make visual art. I’m thankful that I could broaden my skill set at the library!

I have always enjoyed reading. As I’ve gotten older, borrowing books from Libby has enriched my life! Because I can’t do as much as fast, audiobooks keep me company while I do my tasks & I look forward to them. Yard work, too 😊 On Saturday mornings when the library, it’s filled with kids brought by their parents. Heart warming!

The Richmond Public Library made me excited to read, which inspired a life-long love of learning.

Thank you for making my commute enjoyable and bearable! I look forward to the books I can borrow through my library network and can’t thank you enough for making it happen.

Since retiring from Worcester with its large library to Richmond, I have depended on interlibrary loan for many books. At the same time, I have benefited from the wonderful staff and programs here at our small but gracious Richmond Free Library. Libraries are places both to feed the individual intellect and to engage the community. They are vital across all of Massachusetts for many, many reasons. We depend on them, and we depend on our elected representatives to support them. Thank you!

Librarians and libraries are more important now than ever before to the health of our democracy. Literacy, access to research materials, study space-- the list is long and and changing and growing.

My library book club keeps me connected to my community, offers me opportunities to think and grow, and keeps me laughing.

The smell of the building reminds me of when my kids were young. We spent a lot of time at libraries when we homeschooled. Happy memories!

I have been an avid reader my entire life. The library gives me access to so many wonderful books. I use Libby for ebooks and audiobooks and love to take part in all the wonderful programs offered by libraries in our area!

I visited Porter Memorial Library shortly after I moved to the area. I was kindly greeted. They shared a flyer with all their upcoming events and I was able to use their internet since I didn’t have it set up at home yet. The library is a wonderful piece of the community.

We love the library! It is a portal full of endless possibilities and adventures — nothing makes us happier than our new bedtime stories we check out every week :)

I read 15 books in 2024 - all through the wonderful app Libby & the library system. Please don’t let Trump take away this wonderful resource. I’m heartsick to think that my grandchildren may not get the opportunity to go to the library & take out books for free. Please don’t slow this to happen!!

I love going to the library for so many different reasons - to get a book or video, browse and sit in one of the comfy chairs, bump into folks from town, print things when my home printer doesn’t work (which is often) or attend one of the interesting presentations. The Maynard Library staff is awesome!