"If we didn't already have libraries, they would now have to be invented. They are the keys to American success in fully exploiting the information superhighways of the future."
James Billington
Librarian of Congress
"What is more important to a library than anything else - than everything else - is the fact that it exists."
Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982)
American Poet, Writer, and the Librarian of Congress
"A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way information, inspiration, and recreation. If a better way than the book can be found, we should use it."
Melvil Dewey (1851-1931)
American Librarian and Educator
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