Our old one was named world’s best last decade. Not sure of the criteria but it’s a pretty good library and isn’t limited to paper products. It also has a theatre downstairs for community acting classes, and music practice rooms. Also faces the City Hall square so at one of the festival ground zeroes.
Our library has a tiny tv room that used to be a closet. It’s great for people wanting to relax in an armchair before they have to meet someone downtown. They take a dvd (old tech) from the shelf and enjoy.
Further to that: a study found that people retain information when note-taking more when they write than when they keyboard in the info. Something about large muscle memory, I think. There was also a study at U of S that found people reading bills on paper found errors on them at a significantly higher rate than when they were reading similar bills on a screen. Why? Dunno.
Thank you. That makes sense. I know the local press figured it was an insulting lack of appreciation of both the the value of a gift and of the manners of the hosts who would give a $10 gift to a US President
A cat lover pointed out that every house needs a cat because…wait for it…there’s a “meow” in “homeowner”.