Jo speaks out for libraries
JK Rowling is among 150 authors who have pledged their support for public libraries and their growing image problem. A recent study demonstrates that 42% of adults haven't visited their local library in the past two years. Jo compared libraries to the worlds of CS Lewis' Narnia series:Where visitors could enter a thousand different worlds by jumping into different pools. When I got my eldest daughter a library card I felt as though I had bought her citizenship of that same fabulous world.
Posted by Ben on May 15th |
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Cool! Great job Jo!
That's cool.
cool woot for jo
Awesome!
I love the library, it's so calming. I can't believe people don't go there! (plus ours has new release movies for $1)
good for jk and all those authors...libraries really are great...its too bad not as many people read like back in the day....#3?!
yoyo fellow potter fans! this is the first time ive ever done this! top ten? everyone say hi to me, ok?! thats cool go Jo! i love harry potter! does anyone know about updates in the order of the phoenix?
Cool. good for Jo. Its true you can go to the libary and yu become a citizen to a magical world.
Its so awful that libraries are becoming "obsolete." Of course they're not. But, unfortunately, lots of people think so.
I felt the same way when I got my daughters their library cards; yay, Jo!
Go Libraries!!!! Libraries are wonderful, so useful
I adore libraries! I can't understand people who never use them, they're so fun. The sweet smell of books!
I love libraries!! I'm like another Hermione!! Except dumber...lol
i totally agree with jo. i used to spend hours at a time at the library, its where i first began to read harry potter... i've been going to hte library ever since i cud remember, and it really is a magical place.
Awesome, go JK!
Cool!! At the summer I live at my library, I don't understand why people wouldn't want to go there!
Libraries aren't obsolete at all. I'm in one right now--it's the best place to access the internet for me!
Good for Jo! It's kind of scary that 42% of adults haven't been in the library in two years. I go to the library once a week, but then again I'm a kid. But still my parents always go with me to the library!
i deffinitly went to the library like....a month ago but wow thats insaine...only 42%
Thank goodness for people like Jo who keep the traditional wonder and magic of reading alive... ESPECIALLY in libraries, too, where there's always something new and different to check out. :)
Thank god (or whoever) for people like Jo! This world is getting way to high-tech and we need libraries everywhere to stick around!!
It's great to know that despite the time-consuming book-writing process, JKR is still working to make a big change in society. The fostering of knowledge through our libraries is so important to the future generations. Rant over.
The library is my sanctuary. Its my absolute favorite place in the world (to a degree) I agree with you jkr all the way!!!! Rock on!!!!!!!!!!!
this can only be a good thing! Good for her, libraries are so important and i truely hope it will do them some good to have the backing of so many authors.
Well, it is sort of sad that adults don't go as much, but you've got to consider that most adults can afford to buy books. I personally don't go to the library any more, I buy what I want to read, but that's only because it breaks my heart to be separated from my books. I just can't take one out for 3 weeks and never see it again! (I'm such a geek!) I still have school textbooks from classes I'll never have to take again.
Woot for libraries! I love books like Hermione does. I just wish I was as smart as her!
Awesome!!! I would practically die without a library- it's important to me to go often. Go Jo!!!
That's a sweet analogy between the library and Narnia. Good for Jo.
That's great! I go to the library every couple of weeks (unless i can get a ride sooner lol) I can't believe some people hate it. It feels great there doesn't it? The smell of books and everyone there cares about something other than their appearance, it's so refreshing after being at a middle school for like 6 1/2 hours where all people do is cuss and lash out irrationally
oh thats cool wheres MuggleCast? it tis the afternoon
i love god!!!!!! and i still am a huge fan of Harry potter! any of you like me out there!? let your presence be known! give a woot woot! and great for Jo!
Books are good. They are even better when they are arrainged using the dewey decimal system.
she's so great. she not only writes amazing books, she speaks out for everything she believes in and makes a difference. and by the way, i find the dewey decimal system really confusing.
lolz of course jo wud have all that to say about a library but yeah i love my local library but i hadnt had time to visit it the entire year! =( i used 2 a lot tho. i heart books! :P
OMG I LOVEEEE my local library!! I go there about once a week to volunteer and get lotsa books. Go Jo!!!!!
i love god, and am still a huge harry potter fan! any of you out there like me? give a woot woot
hehe yay i love JKR and C.S Lewis.
I was just at my local library today! I love libraries; they are some of my favourite places in the world and good for J.K.R.!
o thats awesome! i really like how she described it...very accurate =] i lvoe the liabrary...it's always just such a peaceful/content place...
I know what Jo means, a book open different worlds and you can go to different places. One thing that I like is that you do not need a passaport to visit this worlds and you are always welcome too it.
yay for jo! i love that, citizenship to the world of literature. yeah, i would read all day if i could, and pretty much anything i can get my hands on too, although i must admit, i usually buy my books, and can't go into a bookstore without buying a book. i prefer to own my books so i can dog ear them without feelign guilty. as dumbledore says, a well worn book is a high complement to be book :)
very cool. i go to my library alot, tho i dont usually send much time there, i just go in pick up my books that are on hold and then check out. the people who work at mine arent the nicest people in the world so i just order everything online. i have even memorized my library card number!!!!!!!!!
man, i love libraries. yay for jo.
YESH! Its good that someone like Jo cares for the little causes, like public libraries. I also really enjoyed her whole girl body weight issue. Go JKR!
Yeah Libraries are awsome, i use to go all the time during the summer when i was younger. Now i have so many books at home that i gotta read, but there are a few books i plan to look at , at the library
I love going to the library! I go there, like, almost every week. It's great! Everything is free!!! It's quite amazing. It's great fun to go there and...check out the HARRY POTTER books that I don't have.
I've been visiting the library more frequently lately and I have to agree with what Jo and others say. Some people may have found Harry Potter in the library before it became big. They really are wonderful places.
I love walking into the library, it excites me. And I'm with Jo on this one, The Chronicles of Narnia rock!
Yeah, libraries rock! Good for you JKR!
I think that it's absolutely wonderful that JK is speaking out and supporting libraries. Public libraries recieve little funding and it's mostly from private benefactors. It's great that she's a wonderful writer, yet an fantastic role model and citizen as well. Great job, Jo!
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