Stan Ransom: "There’s a great pleasure in being a librarian, the feeling that you help people. this is what my mission is: to help people improve their lives by the use of the things that we have at the public library."

Frances Fairchild: "Oh the people that come in. People who read! People who read are the nicest people."

Betsy Brooks: "And now if you go to one of our libraries where people can bring their well-behaved dogs and there’s a fire in the fire place, even though the collection isn’t huge you can get any book in the 3 counties delivered there in a week—it’s the best of both worlds."

Eva Jankowska: "My dream library is a library that’s a community center."

Betsy Brooks: they are always places where there’s great hope for transformation—transformation in life.

Eva Jankowska: "My dream library is a library that’s a community center."

Jacqueline Madison: "I would say take advantage. It’s as good as having a good education and it’s your second education, really."