Libraries are vitamin hubs for the mind
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The document emphasizes the crucial role of libraries as essential resources for personal and societal growth, likening them to vitamins for the mind. It highlights the alarming decline in library resources and stresses the importance of investing in literacy to secure a nation's future. The author calls for reflection and encourages discourse on the topic.
Libraries are vitamin hubs for the mind
- 1. Libraries are vitamin hubs for the mind Thei Geurts
- 2. Vitamin hubs for the mind Based on a request of a Dutch newspaper I wrote a concise opinion about the importance of libraries. (Thei Geurts, February 21, 2020) Libraries are vitamin hubs for the mind. As vitamins are vital for the growth, recovery and well-functioning of the body, so are libraries indispensable for self- and social-reliance and -resilience, the ability to contextualize and to give meaning in a changing society. They are gateways to knowledge and imagination and adversaries of modern illiteracy. ‘Literacy is pattern recognition and action’ (David Lankes). The deterioration of the library landscape is alarming. Every authority should invest in matters that are socially desirable, but (short-term) economically not profitable. Let’s not forget that a nation that doesn’t teach and encourages its children to read and to stay literate long-term destroys its own future.
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