The importance of libraries

I found this article today.  I tells about the importance of libraries in a time when many of them are being closed.  article from the Guardian.UK

'I would be dead without libraries'-----Gary Paulsen

I came across this post in the LISNEWS discussion list today.

Gary Paulsen talk

It goes to show that we librarians ARE important even though many are saying that we don't need libraries any more.
Many an author can be discovered at the library!