Week 16 Prompt- Reading: past, present, and future
Belleville Public Library Belleville, IL. Pictured above is the library where it all began. At least once a week, I would go here with either my mom or my grandmother. The basement was the children's room, so some of my earliest memories are of that floor. As I got older, I was allowed to browse on the first floor for titles for older kids (I still remember the display of R.L. Stine books), The second floor has this huge marble staircase leading up to the mysterious "research rooms". It's an interesting thought experiment to reflect on how my kids' library experiences differ from my own. I'm comforted to realize that, for the most part, their experiences aren't very different from mine. Even with all of the new ways of accessing information, libraries are still these super-chill, zen places of quiet exploration There are obvious things that have changed about how people read today vs. 30 years ago. I would say the primary differenc
