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The Student Library Essay Contest was established 16 years ago by the Friends of the San Diego Public Library and San Diego Unified School District Librarians. The contest takes place at local branch ...

The Cedar Rapids Public Library is holding an essay contest in anticipation of the new library groundbreaking celebration on May 5. The essay contest, entitled “Love my Library” is open to all 6 – 12 ...

Jennifer Burek Pierce says she has had a “lifetime relationship with libraries.” Following in her librarian mother’s footsteps, Pierce started volunteering for libraries in second grade and continued ...

What I have is a phantom library: the memory of the books that would now belong to me if I’d kept them. Writing about my library is, therefore, an archaeological exercise based on traces and memories ...

Libraries were a special place for me growing up and into my college years. I lived right next door to my small town library from middle through high school — quite convenient for that summer or ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Continuing the photo essay about public libraries, which showed many ...