We are celebrating the beginning of a new era the Digital Age. Similar to the printing press, the computer is now the new medium by which we can read books and articles. However, not everyone owns a computer. Consequently, libraries must bridge the gap between the rich and poor or the haves and have-nots. Libraries are for everyone, everywhere.
Libraries are more than just storehouses of information and the preservers of the past.
Libraries provide a safe place for people of all ages and of all nationalities. Thus, a library provides equality, freedom and knowledge for all. However, in order for our democracies to survive, we need an informed public. Thus, it is incumbent for all libraries to disseminate information not only among its constituents but to outsiders as well. Libraries must become the builders and uniters of communities.