To the editor:

I took a tour of the newly remodeled library and found a place of wonder and activity. The money spent to update the library makes it a place where people can gather to read quietly, game together or alone, work on a computer, check out books, movies and games, work on historical projects, make a sound/video recording, have a meeting, lounge and visit at the coffee bar. The library was filled with light, surrounded by bright visual art, filled with people working and reading quietly or working on a project in the recording studio. The library was filled with children eager to complete a Saturday activity provided by the library, and families with small children finding books.

I thought of Mary Paretsky, who was the children’s librarian for many years, and how amazed she would be to see rooms just for children’s activities and the long rows of shelves in a well-lit area just for children and young adult fiction and shelves in a well-lit area just for teens. And the automated book sorter; those returned books get back on the shelves in a much more organized manner.

At the very least, I hope those who have had to bear the brunt of the tax levy for this building will come and be welcomed into its walls. Oldsters like me, especially those on a fixed income, have had to readjust their concept of library and have had to sacrifice more for this community project after building the other library. It is amazing!