Sam Tumminello

Review of Huntsville-Madison County Publ...

Main Library

Main Library

I sincerely appreciate the wonderful library our county and city officials provide the citizens. I delight seeing people and especially children using the facility and am so pleased with the excellent educational opportunities there. It reminds me of this quote from Confucius: If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children. I like to think of it as a repository of the knowledge of the community.

I started using our public library years ago when it was in the famous Carnegie building once located on Madison Street. I continue to be amazed at the changes in available media and services our modern library offers all our citizens since that old library. As a child, I was happy with the old card catalogs and books available. Now I marvel at all the amazing advances offered in our library today; and it keeps advancing. I rarely have a week pass when I don t visit it at least once.

Almost every time I travel to another city, I often seek out the public library. I do photography and find the library is often the best starting place for local information. So I know a bit about other libraries. I find many are very nice but our Huntsville Library often excels over many of those I ve visited.

I appreciate the knowledgeable and professional staff and administrators. Huntsville is very fortunate to have these people.

I especially appreciate these: the audio-visual department with its large collection of DVD and CD s; the excellent reference materials and computer access on the second floor; the comprehensive historical and genealogical records and experts on the third floor Heritage Room, not to mention the effective electronic catalog system that s even searchable from home.

Thank you, Madison County and Huntsville, for sustaining this important quality of life opportunity for all its citizens.