National Library Week is a yearly celebration of the importance of libraries.  Libraries are an important part of a strong community and a robust democracy!  Come into the Butte College Library this week and find:

 

“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers; a librarian can bring you back the right one.”  
-- Neil Gaiman

 

Looking for proof that libraries are important for communities?  We'll be posting articles to read, and here are a few books you can find at your friendly neighborhood Butte College Library:

Cover Art Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg
Call Number: HC79.C3 K55 2018 (or ebook)
An NPR Best Book of 2018 -- New York Times Book Review: Editors' Choice. An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our fractured society. ... In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests a way forward. He believes that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, churches, synagogues, and parks where crucial, sometimes life-saving connections, are formed. These are places where people gather and linger, making friends across group lines and strengthening the entire community. Klinenberg calls this the "social infrastructure": When it is strong, neighborhoods flourish; when it is neglected, as it has been in recent years, families and individuals must fend for themselves.
 
Cover Art BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google by John Palfrey
Call Number: Z674.75.I58 P38 2015
Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information. In BiblioTech , educator and technology expert John Palfrey argues that anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vast stores of information available online. And libraries, which play a crucial role in making these skills and information available, are at risk.
 
 
Cover Art Part of Our Lives by Wayne A. Wiegand
Call Number: Z731 .W734 2015
Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, those libraries continue to thrive. Two of three Americans frequent a public library at least once a year, and nearly that many are registered borrowers.  Part of Our Lives paints a clear and engaging picture of Americans who value libraries not only as civic institutions, but also as social spaces for promoting and maintaining community. Whether as a public space, a place for accessing information, or a home for reading material that helps patrons make sense of the world around them, the public library has a rich history of meaning for millions of Americans.