“Here in the San Diego region and throughout the world, libraries are sanctuaries. They act as offices, study rooms, performance venues, safe spaces, and repositories of information. They’re an important representation of a community’s heartbeat. And they do all of this without any expectation of payment.
While the services, knowledge, and community that libraries provide are priceless, operating these public spaces does come with a price tag,” says Patrick Stewart, CEO of the Library Foundation SD.