{"id":10810,"date":"2018-04-07T15:50:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T19:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/?p=10810"},"modified":"2018-04-07T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T19:50:19","slug":"libraries-lead-celebrating-national-library-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2018\/04\/07\/libraries-lead-celebrating-national-library-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Libraries Lead: Celebrating National Library Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2018\/04\/Libraries-Lead-compass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10811\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2018\/04\/Libraries-Lead-compass-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2018\/04\/Libraries-Lead-compass-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2018\/04\/Libraries-Lead-compass-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2018\/04\/Libraries-Lead-compass-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2018\/04\/Libraries-Lead-compass.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Libraries lead us on unplanned journeys. When we visit the library, who knows where it can take us: A career change? A new passion? A graduate degree?<\/p>\n<p>This week the Weinberg Memorial Library celebrates National Library Week (April 8-14) with the theme \u201cLibraries Lead.\u201d The following quotes demonstrate the importance the library holds on an individual.<\/p>\n<p><em>I used to go to the library all the time when I was kid. As a teenager, I got a book on how to write jokes at the library, and that, in turn, launched my comedy career.<\/em> &#8211; Drew Carey, comedian<\/p>\n<p><em>I would walk into the Carnegie Library and I would see the pictures of Booker T. and pictures of Frederick Douglass and I would read. I would go into the Savannah Public Libraries in the stacks and see all of the newspapers from all over the country. Did I dream that I would be on the Supreme Court? No. But I dreamt that there was a world out there that was worth pursuing.<\/em> -Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice<\/p>\n<p><em>When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching &#8220;Leave it to Beaver,&#8221; my father and step-mother were marching me off to the library.<\/em> -Oprah Winfrey, actress &amp; entrepreneur<\/p>\n<p>We ask you to pause for a moment and think about how a visit to the library led you in a new direction. Reply to this post, or stop in at the display on the first floor and share a way the library has transformed your life.<\/p>\n<p>Happy National Library Week!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libraries lead us on unplanned journeys. When we visit the library, who knows where it can take us: A career change? A new passion? A graduate degree? 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