What Users Want

摘要

In a town of just 1800 people, a whopping ten percent volunteer at the public library. What wellspring of goodwill does the library draw on to enlist so many people to give it their precious personal time? Three of the volunteers, juniors in high school, believe it's because the library is the "center of our cultural, musical, artistic, and community life," and they credit their librarian with making it so. Their comments stem from the nearly 1500 nominations nationwide for the just announced New York Times Librarian Awards for outstanding public service.