Hope in Chicago for Public Libraries
"We build libraries not only as a keeper of our history, but also offering Chicagoans free access to information of all types to improve quality of life. If you don’t keep [children] on a positive path, unfortunately, gangs, guns and drugs take them over.”
–Chicago Mayor Richard Daley at a library dedication
The Chicago Tribune takes a look at Chicago’s library building boom, a growth spurt that seems unusual in this time of budget cuts.
