Knight’s largest commitment to date in Charlotte.
The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.
— T.S. Eliot
WHY LIBRARIES MATTER
There are as many library stories as there are people who use libraries—and in Mecklenburg County, that’s two-thirds of the population in the last year.
Diverse voices share why Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is essential in our community:
Do We Still Need Libraries to Learn?
Libraries are those special places you can go to get exactly what you need and come out with so much more.
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Nationally and internationally, research has proven the economic, educational and social value of libraries.
Libraries Are Even More Important to Contemporary Community Than We Thought
Eric Klinenberg
Literary Hub
Where Libraries are the Tourist Attractions
Alyson Krueger
The New York Times
I Found My American Dream at the Public Library
Daniela Petrova
Literary Hub
How the New York Public Library Remains Current 125 Years After its Founding
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
To Restore Civil Society, Start with the Library
Eric Klinenberg
The New York Times
13 Reasons Why Libraries are Holding Us All Together
Tiffany King
Read it Forward
Why Public Libraries are Still Essential in 2018
Constance Grady
Vox
The Librarian and the Astrophysicist
Brian Koberlein
Forbes
Why Public Libraries Matter More Than Ever
John Palfrey
The Charlotte Observer