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Why People Love Libraries -- Archive

Women across the country share stories of how libraries impacted their lives.

As part of its ongoing partnership with the American Library Association (ALA) and its Campaign for America's Libraries, Woman's Day magazine regularly runs essay contests asking readers to send stories of how libraries impacted their lives. In 2007, for example, 2,000 readers shared heartfelt, funny, and touching stories on the topic “How the Library Changed My Life,” some of which were published in the March 6, 2007 issue. This winter, the topic was “The Library Helped Me Start My Business,” with winning essays published March 4, 2008, and in 2009, the magazine will publish essays on the topic “How the Library Improved My Health.”

I Love Libraries is proud to present some of the top contest entries from the past two years here. For more information, visit www.womansday.com. For more information on ALA's Campaign for America's Libraries, visit www.ala.org/@yourlibrary.

Below, you will find links to past stories featured in "Why People Love Libraries." Read these wonderful tributes to the power of libraries to touch people's lives.