Ch-Ch-Changes for the better
It’s natural that libraries define their user-base by who uses the library. We cater to those who already come in the door all too often, without considering who doesn’t. 
Usually, the exception to this rule comes around this time of year – budget season. During budget season we’re suddenly serving a COMMUNITY, our TAXPAYERS… but are we, really?
Too often we only consider the users we know; I understand why, but it’s the easy way out. In most libraries there is a notable absence of my peers. Yes, I admit it, I alone represent the hopelessly hip and heartbreakingly sophisticated 30-something set. (Sarcastic, too…) These are the folks that if some unexpected car trouble or tax-form mission brought them into the building might be impressed by a simple touch. Say… a sign quoting David Bowie? They’re not going to forget it and they might think, ‘Hey, maybe the Library isn’t as staid and institutional after all.’
We need take every opportunity, large and small, to compromise the bun-wearing, shusshing, rigid image that still exists.
