[ad_1] The land of Friedrich Nietzsche, Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Michael Ende sees its libraries and their offerings being showcased annually to young and old alike. Though 21st century youngsters may be more likely to have cell phones in their hands instead of books, or turn to a YouTube influencer for inspiration rather than to Shakespeare, Germany is keen to preserve local reading culture. Literature can bring both hope and fear(Jens Meyer/AP Photo/picture alliance) While…
"Germany’s Libraries Day tries to keep book interest alive"Tag: libraries
[ad_1] “They were picking up tax information and getting tutored in English and checking out movies and tracing their family history. They were sitting in the library, just because it was a pleasant place to sit, and sometimes they were doing things that had nothing to do with the library.” — Susan Orlean, “The Library Book” In her ode to the fire-ravaged old library in downtown Los Angeles (and to libraries in general), Orlean points…
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