tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223639532011-04-21T14:24:07.725-07:00Friends of the Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384241987741278141noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22363953.post-1150323564993492492006-06-14T15:15:00.000-07:002006-06-14T15:19:25.013-07:00<blockquote>The philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who accumulated one of the greatest fortunes the world had ever seen, founded 660 public libraries in Britain, because, as a poor messenger-boy, he had borrowed a book a week from a free library, and the experience led him to value a library beyond all other forms of beneficence. "It is the mind that makes the body rich," he declared.</blockquote>From an article on the closing of libraries in Great Britain.<br /><br />Link » <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/06/14/dl1402.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/06/14/ixoplead.html" title="">"Impoverished Shelf Life"</a> (from <i>The Telegraph</i>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22363953-115032356499349249?l=charlestonlibraryfriends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Friends of the Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384241987741278141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22363953.post-1144703988354679322006-04-10T14:17:00.000-07:002006-04-10T14:31:42.786-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2338/2274/1600/constr3.0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2338/2274/400/constr3.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Diana Glosser shares some more photos from the library renovation.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22363953-114470398835467932?l=charlestonlibraryfriends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Friends of the Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384241987741278141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22363953.post-1144703818888800642006-04-10T14:16:00.000-07:002006-04-10T14:27:05.646-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2338/2274/1600/constr2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2338/2274/400/constr2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />(That's the title of a children's book by Ruth Krauss.)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22363953-114470381888880064?l=charlestonlibraryfriends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Friends of the Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384241987741278141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22363953.post-1144703767868246372006-04-10T14:13:00.000-07:002006-04-10T14:23:38.773-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2338/2274/1600/constr1.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2338/2274/400/constr1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22363953-114470376786824637?l=charlestonlibraryfriends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Friends of the Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384241987741278141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22363953.post-1142532218981494462006-03-16T10:00:00.000-08:002006-03-16T10:18:48.546-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2338/2274/1600/Library03.06.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2338/2274/400/Library03.06.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The Charleston Carnegie Public Library, as winter turns into spring.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22363953-114253221898149446?l=charlestonlibraryfriends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Friends of the Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384241987741278141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22363953.post-1139794899342943042006-02-12T17:40:00.000-08:002006-04-10T14:24:41.453-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2338/2274/1600/Friendslogo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2338/2274/400/Friendslogo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />... for further developments!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22363953-113979489934294304?l=charlestonlibraryfriends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Friends of the Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384241987741278141noreply@blogger.com0