Tuesday, June 26: These local roadside book collections give people freedom to browse without judgement, says one reader.
Few things are free, but little free libraries actually are. That’s precisely the point. Not everyone has a library card, many don’t like walking into an institution to take out a book, and many can’t afford to go into a book shop to purchase one. These local roadside bird house-like libraries give people freedom to browse, to take a book for as long as they want or to leave a book from their own collection, perhaps influencing someone they’ve never met.
Apart from educational aspects, there’s also a nice esthetic aspect to them; they bring a little architectural enhancement to the curb appeal of a residential property. They don’t all look alike. Their contents are also as varied in proportion to the individual tastes of the particular neighbourhoods where they’re located. There is high-brow and low-brow. There are books provoking thought, and books to take a vacation from thought.
They’re as different and unique as the people who’ve taken time and effort to erect one. They are by the people, for the people, democratic, self maintaining and governing, and there’s no elitist finger-pointing. More importantly, they’re not meant to put public libraries out of business; they’re for enhancement and to push the traditional boundaries a little. Necessity is the mother of invention, and creativity and individual freedom are the path to the future.
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