The New York Times: “The New York Times sent photographers to seven states to document the thrum and buzz in buildings once known for silence…The New York Times sent photographers to seven states to document the thrum and buzz in buildings once known for silence… We all know that books connect us, that language has quiet power. To see the concentration, curiosity and peace on faces lit by words is to know — beyond a shadow of a doubt, in a time rife with shadows — that libraries are the beating hearts of our communities. What we borrow from them pales in comparison to what we keep. How often we pause to appreciate their bounty is up to us…”