ALT Image has white text on a dark grey background and contains an excerpt of the poem Dear Library by Jackie Kay: There is no measure for the enriching of the mind, friend. Faithful and trusty, Dear Library, you are a heart stopper, a kind giver. I treasure your lively silence; your very pleasant librarians. They represent what a public service is truly, libertarian. Impossible, did I say that already, to put a price on that. Again, stop me if I am repeating myself, your staff will tell me of a Saramago Street in a nearby town. Browse, borrow, request, renew – lovely words to me. A library card in your hand is your democracy. If you were to shut, Dear Library, it would break my heart. A library user all my life, I’d be lost without my library. A closed library could only welcome a closed mind. Is there a kinder place that you can find than your local library? I want to say, and I do. I pick up my pen and write to you.