Story by Deb Hornung The James River Valley Library plays a very important role in the elementary classroom. I have taught elementary children for over 30 y...

I don’t have any one single story about libraries playing a role in my life, but they’ve always been important. They were especially important for the year a...

Story by Stephanie Loose As a young reader, I knew I liked Burgess books. I recall the shape, size and art on the cover and where they were located. I was ve...

Story by Jill Pfaff My library story really begins quite recently. It started when I accepted a position working at the James River Valley Library System. Pr...

Story by Dr. Jo-Ida C. Hansen Like many people, I am sure, who grew up in Jamestown, I have fond memories of the Alfred Dickey Free Public Library.  My paren...

Story by Alice Mueller Harris Not long after World War II in 1950, my family took a ship to the United States from Germany to make a new start. There were te...

A librarian at the Alfred Dickey Free Library, whom I knew only as Mrs. Smith, made a profound difference in my young life. I discovered reading at an early ...

One of my favorite memories is when I signed up for my first library card. I was so excited. Imagine that — I could check out a few books for a whole week. T...

When I was asked to write a story about how libraries influenced my life, I was skeptical. Was I willing to open myself up to a bunch of strangers in my comm...

When I received the information brochure regarding fund raising for a new bookmobile, I immediately knew it would be a community project I wanted to support....

Story by Diane Jolin Literacy has always been important to me. That is one of the reasons I became a reading teacher. I would tell my students that to become...

This is a story about the impact of the library on my own education from my high school days at Jamestown High School. I was tasked with the requirement to ...

Libraries are the dynamic testament to a community’s need for intellectual stimulation and sense of community.  I can’t imagine a thriving community without ...

When I was a young child, there were many problems in my family. At times the situation was very difficult. As both of my parents believed in reading, they w...

In the summer when my mother was working full time, my day always included about a half mile walk to the library where I could choose books to read for the S...

Story by Rebecca Nyberg, Homeschool Mom I began using the children’s library on a weekly basis when my oldest children were three and five years old. All of ...

There comes a time when all the king’s horses and all the king’s men can never fix Humpty Dumpty again. My brother Donald, at the age of 77, had come to that...

My first memory of books was being read to by both my mother and grandmother. What a wonderful way to be able to bond with a child, the stories took us where...

Story by Jim Nyland It started with a dumpster.  Well, actually, it started in a dumpster, but more on that in a minute. My start in the world of literature w...