The Power of Libraries: A Love Letter to Our Beloved Institutions

I recently discovered that my own library has an eBook system, and I couldn't be more excited about it. I learned about this feature a couple of weeks ago, and I'm still learning about all the amazing things libraries have to offer. The idea that libraries are now getting the popularity of eBooks is truly awesome. It's a testament to their ability to adapt and stay relevant in today's digital age.

As someone who loves libraries, I was delighted to discover that they're not just for quiet reading and research anymore. Many libraries are now offering a wide range of services and events that cater to diverse interests and age groups. From book clubs to author talks, workshops, and even children's storytime sessions, libraries have become vibrant community hubs where people can come together and share their love of learning.

I must confess that I've always been fascinated by the inner workings of a library. When I volunteered at my middle school library during my teenage years, I was amazed by the way it came alive with students and teachers alike. The smell of old books, the hum of computers, and the chatter of patrons all combined to create an atmosphere that was both peaceful and energizing.

As someone who's lucky enough to have access to a public library system, I've always been grateful for the convenience and accessibility it provides. With the click of a button, I can browse through the shelves online, place holds on my favorite titles, and pick them up at my leisure. It's a game-changer for people like me who live in cities with multiple libraries.

But what really gets me excited is the love that libraries embody. They're not just repositories of knowledge; they're also spaces where people come together to connect, learn, and grow. Whether it's through a quiet corner for study or a bustling event room for workshops, libraries have a way of making everyone feel welcome and included.

As I reflect on my own experiences with the library, I'm reminded of the importance of preserving these institutions in our rapidly changing world. Libraries are often seen as relics of the past, but they're so much more than that. They're beacons of community, symbols of access to knowledge, and harbingers of a brighter future.

I must admit that I've always been a bit self-conscious about my love for libraries. Would people think me weird or old-fashioned? But as I watched this video (yes, I recorded myself talking about libraries!), I realized that I'm not alone in my affection for these institutions. There are millions of people around the world who share my passion and enthusiasm for libraries.

So, I want to leave you with a challenge: let's talk about your library! What do you love most about it? Do you frequent it often? Have you attended any amazing events or workshops there? Share your stories, tips, and recommendations with me in the comments below. And if you're feeling adventurous, suggest a topic for our next "Let's Chat" video – I'm always up for exploring new ideas and sharing my thoughts with you.

To all the librarians out there, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you. Your dedication, expertise, and passion are what make libraries shine like beacons in our communities. You're not just bookshelves or quiet corners; you're gatekeepers of knowledge, facilitators of connection, and champions of lifelong learning.

And finally, to all the library lovers out there – let's keep spreading the love! Let's share our enthusiasm with others, celebrate our favorite libraries, and inspire a new generation of readers and learners. Together, we can make a difference, one book at a time.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone so today I'm doing a new style of video I'm calling it let's chat and these videos are going to be literally that we're going to chat we're going to sit back and chat these are going to have no format really it's just literally going to be sitting down for coffee or something whatever you prefer these are going to very a topic as well today I decided to start out with libraries because I have talked about libraries a lot on my channel and how much I love them and how much I appreciate them and a lot of people request quite frequently a lot like to me to talk about Library so I thought I would do that to today it's talk about Library so sit back grab your favorite drink maybe a snack whatever you want to do and just let's chat you and me even though you are a camera right now I know I'm talking to you but let's cheat today's Vlog is brought to you by new Mommy needs more coffee even though Dr Pepper is in this because dut pepper runs through my veins I use that to like caffeinate myself and make sure I'm awake because new Mommy needs more caffeine but anyway let's talk about libraries let start with my history of libraries and how I came to love libraries and just talk about them in general this video is not going to be filled with facts about Library stuff that it's just literally going to talk about my relationship to the library and how much I love it and how much I appreciate it and basically how much you should love your library the library around the age of nine it's when my parents first got divorced so we begin with our dad so my dad really didn't know what to do with his time with us so he lived right across the street from a library so we decided to get our first library cards and that was an awesome feeling I do remember that is getting my very first library card and just feeling importance just feeling like I can be allowed to check out things now it's my card it has my name on it I can check as much out as I want I could return and I could Ren new and it's just it was so awesome that little laminated card with my name on and a barcode it's just it was it was pretty cool and you know that's what's that peanut saying that there's like this cartoon with Sal on it says happiness is having your own library card I felt that I truly did that um that's my love for Harry Potter begin also is when I first got my library card I perused and I found Harry Potter and I was like I've heard so much about Harry Potter so I decided to check it out and there began my Harry Potter relationship so all in all I had to think the library for my love affair with Harry Potter they started it they allowed me to read their books of Harry Potter and I just like if what if what if that never happened what if I what if my dad didn't live across the street from the library like what if um we didn't go get library cards would I have read Harry Potter you got to think about that kind of stuff I like to think in my heart yes I would still read Harry Potter but in the end I owe it all to the library and I think that's just awesome to say like you know I got my first Harry Potter from the library and they you know started it I got all the books like I got up to books three from the library and then I was up to par with it happened for a while you know just meeting go in the library and that's where one started my love AFF fair with reading is Harry Potter and just checking out books I wish I could tell you the other books I got but alas horrible memory and then we get into middle school and I just want to clarify by saying I wasn't a popular girl in high school or Middle School I was very much picked on because I was just very weird and I was religious and I like books and I just it was not a good experience for me middle school or high school high school in the later end was pretty okay for me beginning of high school and all through Middle School was just not not a very great experience it was very rough for me as it is for most people which if it is for you I totally understand and I feel for you completely so what happened was is I became friends with a really good friend and we decided to see if the library in our middle School wouldn't any volunteers and that's never happened before they never had any like that so they decided yes they would love us to volunteer and we began volunteering library in sixth grade and it was so amazing so we would go on our lunch breaks there if we got done with our class early we would ask to go to the library and what we did we just did Library stuff we would do inventory we would check people in and out of their books we would you know put new things on books covers like anything that you do in a library we did I think it was so awesome the two Librarians were just so nice and they just let us do whatever we want which we didn't party or anything but I remember very vividly one of my big memories of working in the library was um when the Harry Potter movies came out which we both were Harry Potter freaks um we were we they had a TV in the back in their back office and they let us watching and I remember all three of the Harry Potter kids like you know R Grant Daniel Radcliff Emma Watson were on the rosie o Donald show way back when you remember that and we got to watch it and we were eating cupcakes and I just I just remember thinking like this is the light like we're working in the library and we're watching freaking Harry Potter on Rosie Odon like what how better could it get and it was just so awesome and I just always cherish that time in the library and just having so much fun in it yes I was picked on of stuff but in the end I took away great memories and awesome just thoughts of the library from that so I just oh that was so awesome so in high school I didn't really use the library too much because high school was just it was tough if I could ever high school again I would go again to like do better on my grades but for the social experience no thanks so I did use the library some I checked out books for sure but it definitely wasn't a great experience with the library as much as it was in Middle School so I don't have much to say about that so sorry the library has just always had a very special place in my heart and it still does I live very close to the library and I frequent it a lot like I love the library I don't know the Librarians very much because I know they're busy it's a very busy library but I love the library and I just wanted to talk pretty much about why you should love your library I know this is like a random casual video but I just wanted to chat with you guys literally about it we were expecting our first child which by the way my son is one and a half now we were very tight on funds very very tight I used I was able to used to buy whatever book I wanted never have to worry about it but then it got to the point where I was like I couldn't really buy anything any new books at all so I had depend on my local library a lot and they were amazing and I seriously think if you are in a budget and you want and you love books and you want to read books please check out your library they very they often have new releases I am surprised with the amount of new releases my library has like I'll just be like I'll check to see if they have it because I can't buy it and they have it and I'm like oh my gosh sure it may be the fifth person on the whole list but in the end of the day I don't have to pay for it and that's another thing with libraries you don't have to pay it's like a try and buy like a blockbuster if you remember that before red box came out I remember Blockbuster um it's you know you can rent out a book and you could read it and you could be like m it was okay I don't think I want to buy it or you could absolutely fall in love with the book and buy it I have fell in love with a lot of books I've got from the library Harry Potter one I've read the duff from the library loved it I've read so many other books from the library that I've just loved that I've had to buy on my own that goes into term with I've also read a lot of books library that I've been like this is okay nothing to write home about and at the end of the day I'm glad I didn't have to spend you know money on it because I could just return it so I just if you're on a budget please check out the library so the library now has you can check out DVDs you can check out audiobooks you can check out like tons of things so if you're looking for a movie and you want to get it for free please go to the library go to the library what are you doing go to the library and a lot of libraries now which I did not know this I learned this a couple weeks ago my own Library have like a eBook system thing I think they have some sort of app or some sort of website you can go to affiliated with your city's library or whatever and they have like a eBook system I have not checked mine out yet I apologize I need to but I just think that's awesome that libraries are now getting the popularity of ebooks and they're still wanting to help and give books and I think that's just awesome that the libraries I thought that libraries were very underused and then I did some sort of research but a lot of people use the libraries and whenever I go in a mind people are studying people are using the computers a lot of people are reading a lot of people are checking out I think libraries are just awesome and I think they can stick around I think a lot of people love the library there's a lot of people that don't like the library that they're like oh the library it's probably old books and yes some the books check out they not in the best condition but you know I try to think of it it's well loved somebody probably sted on it but maybe they enjoy that page or something I don't know but at the end of the day you're still getting a free book I just I love the library and I really feel like there's just just a lot of love I appreciate the library and I think it's my history with volunteering one understanding The Depths and the inner workings of one of course it was like a middle school one not like a fullon libr with internet and all that stuff it was just very like a small Middle School nothing fancy but I just really love the library I know this is like such a random video I'm filming this and I feel like should I even put this up but I feel like I need to because I just want to really talk to you guys about your library what's your library like is it awesome does it have cool events a lot of libraries have cool events mine sadly does not like I would take I would go to events but there's not un very much events you know but some cities have great libraries where they have really cool events and book clubs and just awesome things so tell me about your library do you frequent a lot do you get to put I love one thing I love about my library is I don't have time to go to it physically as much as I want to because I have I have a kid um so I'm lucky enough to like enter my library number online a book that I want and then if I see that they have it I could put it on hold and they could like I live in a city with multiple libraries if it's in one location in my city it's Library they can move it to the one that I go to the most and I think that's awesome there's no charge to that at all I think that's amazing that they could just be like yeah we'll send this to you for free it's just ah Library let's talk about your library do you go to yours let's just chat about it literally like the video let's chat because I would love to talk about libraries because I think they're just a gem they're a gem in the society and I hope they will always be here I just hope my son will grow up liking libraries and appreciating them and I would let my son check out books but he eats his books so I have to wait till he's old enough to appreciate books and then I will let him just roam the library he let's pick out 20 books great I think that's awesome I can't I literally can't wait for the day where he goes goes to the library it's like I want this book I want this book I think I will probably start as weird as that sounds I probably will because I'm weird like but and also please leave suggestions for a future let's chat video you name the topic and we shall chat about it because I think these video are fun I don't feel like I'm very like I don't have a structure to them I just feel like I'm free flowing of talking to you and I hope that is okay okay and if you like this video please give it a thumbs up it would mean so much to me and please subscribe and to all you workers and libraries out there because I know have a lot of librarians watching my videos thank you for what you do you're appreciated awesome for supplying people with books and I think that's great and you're helping teach people and you're making importance in people's life you guys you Librarians you made importance in my life and I thank you for that so thank you Librarians you are awesome at what you do sh guys o o o oh oh oh ooh oh ohello everyone so today I'm doing a new style of video I'm calling it let's chat and these videos are going to be literally that we're going to chat we're going to sit back and chat these are going to have no format really it's just literally going to be sitting down for coffee or something whatever you prefer these are going to very a topic as well today I decided to start out with libraries because I have talked about libraries a lot on my channel and how much I love them and how much I appreciate them and a lot of people request quite frequently a lot like to me to talk about Library so I thought I would do that to today it's talk about Library so sit back grab your favorite drink maybe a snack whatever you want to do and just let's chat you and me even though you are a camera right now I know I'm talking to you but let's cheat today's Vlog is brought to you by new Mommy needs more coffee even though Dr Pepper is in this because dut pepper runs through my veins I use that to like caffeinate myself and make sure I'm awake because new Mommy needs more caffeine but anyway let's talk about libraries let start with my history of libraries and how I came to love libraries and just talk about them in general this video is not going to be filled with facts about Library stuff that it's just literally going to talk about my relationship to the library and how much I love it and how much I appreciate it and basically how much you should love your library the library around the age of nine it's when my parents first got divorced so we begin with our dad so my dad really didn't know what to do with his time with us so he lived right across the street from a library so we decided to get our first library cards and that was an awesome feeling I do remember that is getting my very first library card and just feeling importance just feeling like I can be allowed to check out things now it's my card it has my name on it I can check as much out as I want I could return and I could Ren new and it's just it was so awesome that little laminated card with my name on and a barcode it's just it was it was pretty cool and you know that's what's that peanut saying that there's like this cartoon with Sal on it says happiness is having your own library card I felt that I truly did that um that's my love for Harry Potter begin also is when I first got my library card I perused and I found Harry Potter and I was like I've heard so much about Harry Potter so I decided to check it out and there began my Harry Potter relationship so all in all I had to think the library for my love affair with Harry Potter they started it they allowed me to read their books of Harry Potter and I just like if what if what if that never happened what if I what if my dad didn't live across the street from the library like what if um we didn't go get library cards would I have read Harry Potter you got to think about that kind of stuff I like to think in my heart yes I would still read Harry Potter but in the end I owe it all to the library and I think that's just awesome to say like you know I got my first Harry Potter from the library and they you know started it I got all the books like I got up to books three from the library and then I was up to par with it happened for a while you know just meeting go in the library and that's where one started my love AFF fair with reading is Harry Potter and just checking out books I wish I could tell you the other books I got but alas horrible memory and then we get into middle school and I just want to clarify by saying I wasn't a popular girl in high school or Middle School I was very much picked on because I was just very weird and I was religious and I like books and I just it was not a good experience for me middle school or high school high school in the later end was pretty okay for me beginning of high school and all through Middle School was just not not a very great experience it was very rough for me as it is for most people which if it is for you I totally understand and I feel for you completely so what happened was is I became friends with a really good friend and we decided to see if the library in our middle School wouldn't any volunteers and that's never happened before they never had any like that so they decided yes they would love us to volunteer and we began volunteering library in sixth grade and it was so amazing so we would go on our lunch breaks there if we got done with our class early we would ask to go to the library and what we did we just did Library stuff we would do inventory we would check people in and out of their books we would you know put new things on books covers like anything that you do in a library we did I think it was so awesome the two Librarians were just so nice and they just let us do whatever we want which we didn't party or anything but I remember very vividly one of my big memories of working in the library was um when the Harry Potter movies came out which we both were Harry Potter freaks um we were we they had a TV in the back in their back office and they let us watching and I remember all three of the Harry Potter kids like you know R Grant Daniel Radcliff Emma Watson were on the rosie o Donald show way back when you remember that and we got to watch it and we were eating cupcakes and I just I just remember thinking like this is the light like we're working in the library and we're watching freaking Harry Potter on Rosie Odon like what how better could it get and it was just so awesome and I just always cherish that time in the library and just having so much fun in it yes I was picked on of stuff but in the end I took away great memories and awesome just thoughts of the library from that so I just oh that was so awesome so in high school I didn't really use the library too much because high school was just it was tough if I could ever high school again I would go again to like do better on my grades but for the social experience no thanks so I did use the library some I checked out books for sure but it definitely wasn't a great experience with the library as much as it was in Middle School so I don't have much to say about that so sorry the library has just always had a very special place in my heart and it still does I live very close to the library and I frequent it a lot like I love the library I don't know the Librarians very much because I know they're busy it's a very busy library but I love the library and I just wanted to talk pretty much about why you should love your library I know this is like a random casual video but I just wanted to chat with you guys literally about it we were expecting our first child which by the way my son is one and a half now we were very tight on funds very very tight I used I was able to used to buy whatever book I wanted never have to worry about it but then it got to the point where I was like I couldn't really buy anything any new books at all so I had depend on my local library a lot and they were amazing and I seriously think if you are in a budget and you want and you love books and you want to read books please check out your library they very they often have new releases I am surprised with the amount of new releases my library has like I'll just be like I'll check to see if they have it because I can't buy it and they have it and I'm like oh my gosh sure it may be the fifth person on the whole list but in the end of the day I don't have to pay for it and that's another thing with libraries you don't have to pay it's like a try and buy like a blockbuster if you remember that before red box came out I remember Blockbuster um it's you know you can rent out a book and you could read it and you could be like m it was okay I don't think I want to buy it or you could absolutely fall in love with the book and buy it I have fell in love with a lot of books I've got from the library Harry Potter one I've read the duff from the library loved it I've read so many other books from the library that I've just loved that I've had to buy on my own that goes into term with I've also read a lot of books library that I've been like this is okay nothing to write home about and at the end of the day I'm glad I didn't have to spend you know money on it because I could just return it so I just if you're on a budget please check out the library so the library now has you can check out DVDs you can check out audiobooks you can check out like tons of things so if you're looking for a movie and you want to get it for free please go to the library go to the library what are you doing go to the library and a lot of libraries now which I did not know this I learned this a couple weeks ago my own Library have like a eBook system thing I think they have some sort of app or some sort of website you can go to affiliated with your city's library or whatever and they have like a eBook system I have not checked mine out yet I apologize I need to but I just think that's awesome that libraries are now getting the popularity of ebooks and they're still wanting to help and give books and I think that's just awesome that the libraries I thought that libraries were very underused and then I did some sort of research but a lot of people use the libraries and whenever I go in a mind people are studying people are using the computers a lot of people are reading a lot of people are checking out I think libraries are just awesome and I think they can stick around I think a lot of people love the library there's a lot of people that don't like the library that they're like oh the library it's probably old books and yes some the books check out they not in the best condition but you know I try to think of it it's well loved somebody probably sted on it but maybe they enjoy that page or something I don't know but at the end of the day you're still getting a free book I just I love the library and I really feel like there's just just a lot of love I appreciate the library and I think it's my history with volunteering one understanding The Depths and the inner workings of one of course it was like a middle school one not like a fullon libr with internet and all that stuff it was just very like a small Middle School nothing fancy but I just really love the library I know this is like such a random video I'm filming this and I feel like should I even put this up but I feel like I need to because I just want to really talk to you guys about your library what's your library like is it awesome does it have cool events a lot of libraries have cool events mine sadly does not like I would take I would go to events but there's not un very much events you know but some cities have great libraries where they have really cool events and book clubs and just awesome things so tell me about your library do you frequent a lot do you get to put I love one thing I love about my library is I don't have time to go to it physically as much as I want to because I have I have a kid um so I'm lucky enough to like enter my library number online a book that I want and then if I see that they have it I could put it on hold and they could like I live in a city with multiple libraries if it's in one location in my city it's Library they can move it to the one that I go to the most and I think that's awesome there's no charge to that at all I think that's amazing that they could just be like yeah we'll send this to you for free it's just ah Library let's talk about your library do you go to yours let's just chat about it literally like the video let's chat because I would love to talk about libraries because I think they're just a gem they're a gem in the society and I hope they will always be here I just hope my son will grow up liking libraries and appreciating them and I would let my son check out books but he eats his books so I have to wait till he's old enough to appreciate books and then I will let him just roam the library he let's pick out 20 books great I think that's awesome I can't I literally can't wait for the day where he goes goes to the library it's like I want this book I want this book I think I will probably start as weird as that sounds I probably will because I'm weird like but and also please leave suggestions for a future let's chat video you name the topic and we shall chat about it because I think these video are fun I don't feel like I'm very like I don't have a structure to them I just feel like I'm free flowing of talking to you and I hope that is okay okay and if you like this video please give it a thumbs up it would mean so much to me and please subscribe and to all you workers and libraries out there because I know have a lot of librarians watching my videos thank you for what you do you're appreciated awesome for supplying people with books and I think that's great and you're helping teach people and you're making importance in people's life you guys you Librarians you made importance in my life and I thank you for that so thank you Librarians you are awesome at what you do sh guys o o o oh oh oh ooh oh o\n"