Library, continued

But I do have to say that a large part of my librarian-self is hugely excited and proud that a public library is getting so much wonderful press and buzz. I'm also very proud of Deborah Jacobs, City Librarian of Seattle, and all of the hard work that everyone involved did. Our family watched the progress on this thing very closely, seeing the tapes of the public presentations with Rem Koolhaas, reading all of the articles throughout the process, visiting the old library site on a public forum day, driving by the construction site on a regular basis, etc. This is the best thing to happen to "Library" writ large since, golly, I don't know--the new Bibliotheque Nationale? Other suggestions?

And, I couldn't say it better myself, this Seattle Times article describes how wonderful Deborah Jacobs is.... She is definitely one of my role-model librarians.