Dear Editors:

Mary and I are most enthusiastic about the proposed addition to the Middleburg Library. As avid readers and advocates of books on tape when we travel we find that our library is a fantastic resource. This is why we enthusiastically support the Advisory Board's efforts to fund this project. It is important to us but it is also important to our entire community, and although it would be nice to have tax dollars support this effort it is our hope that the entire community will rally around the Board's efforts, realize that this is an imperative community resource, and help make it a reality.

In a recent New York Review of Books there was an article about saving the vast expanse of the New York Public Library, which technologists said was underused and outmoded. The reality IS that the New York Public Library has shown a steady and varied increase in its use, and thus the issue was put to rest.

It has come to our attention that some people in Middleburg agree with the New York technologists, that people will not take advantage of what is being tendered, and that it is therefore a waste of our resources. Allow me to assure these doubters that this library is well used, that it will continue to be a resource for young and old, and that there are so many good uses for those interested and involved in literacy.

One only has to visit the current facility to realize that it is bursting at the seems. Young people come there to do research in books as well as via technology, adults come to use the wi-fi resources available, and seasoned citizens find it a quiet respite in which indulge in reading of magazines, books, and newspapers.

Our library is an important community resource, and though technology may grow, the need to provide a library is of paramount importance to us and to our community. This is a cause which is important to all of us and one we should all support for the benefit of current and future generations.

Respectfully,
Mary and Don Woodruff