In 2000 the Haines Borough Public Library circulation was 56,283. In 2012 it was 103,093. At over 70 years old, our library is a growing tradition.
Quotes
“Haines Borough Public Library is a community gem. We hope the broader community – local and state government, business, and others – will see the value of this library and will support it substantially.”
- Martha Choe, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
“We created the Best Small Library in America Award to recognize the achievements of libraries in small communities with limited means but the greatest of success. The Haines Borough Public Library is a clear winner for its steady progress, commitment to community, and excellent services,”
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“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.”
Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
Mortimer Jerome Adler
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
"I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."
Frederick Douglass
"The public library is one of the great strongholds of democracy. Who doesn't love a library? It is a place you can go in any town and discover the world."Pat MacEnulty, Author
"We live in the world of digital libraries. Print is fast becoming a memory. Despite this progression, the need for the library is more important today than in the past. Digitized information provides users faster, easier and more useful data than ever before."
Deborah Peters, Author
"Libraries made me - as a reader, as a writer, and as a human being."