We have always made great use of the library. We made it a point to visit regularly. The kids would pick out books that they were interested in and I'd pick out books that I hoped they would be interested in. :) We would get books to read purely for pleasure and books that would hopefully be pleasureable as well as educational.
Unfortunately for us our small local public library became a part of the high school library and we were not comfortable in going to it during school hours. Instead we took advantage of a library in a bigger community about an hour away. We all looked forward to library day when we would pack up the van and take off for the day. We'd spend an hour or two at the library and then we'd head out to eat somewhere and then hit the stores for a little while before we'd head home. Usually the kids were busy checking out their books during the ride home.
As the children got older I discovered more and more what a great resource we had on hand in our own house with the computer and an internet connection. Through this resource we could connect with people from all over the world. We also discovered that there were lots of great learning related sites for all different subjects available through the internet and we've taken advantage of a lot of them over the years.
In my mind a library card and an internet connection are two very important and very useful resources.
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Oh for sure, they both are... in our 'looking for a house to rent' lately, one of my requirements is that we are still able to get high speed - there are parts of my province that don't have it available and yikes, I don't want that! Nope nope. We use it *way* too much. :-)
Our library isn't all that great though....and they have fees for overdue books (they never used to) which means it gets expensive sometimes. :-P
We use both as well, although the kids think the library is more for going to so they can use the computers there .....sigh.... am going to work on that one, "hey kids, here's a new concept...let's get a book from the library." lol....well it's not quite that bad but almost.
Our little library doesn't charge late fees, so that is helpful for the books we do borrow and don't return on time.
Oh whatever would I do without the internet? Half of what I do with the children (if not more) comes from those hallowed circuits. And even what I get at the library is usually from a list I compile at home after a few internet searches. :)
We love the library here too! Our only problem is incurring too many fees! :^/
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