A student walks into the library to do schoolwork on the school computer.  

Another is there to do research on their project.  

Now take the library away.  

This significantly hinders these students’ ability to do these things; thus presenting front and center the importance of the library’s existence.  

 With the reopening of the Inman library as well as the conversations happening in the country about school libraries, the question at the forefront of some people’s minds might be how important are libraries, in the end?  As it turns out, very.  

Amy Ballentine, Chapman media specialist, believes that libraries are extremely important for a variety of reasons, books included.  

“When we’re closed … students need a place to go in order to find books that they want to read and have opportunities for the programs they have available there,” Ballentine said. 

Additionally, libraries, both school and public, can be used for things as simple as a Wi-Fi connection, which some students would really need.  

Junior Aili Seppala agrees with this sentiment, adding that anyone can use public Wi-Fi (for example) to their advantage.

“It’s gonna give (people) access to (public Wi-Fi), and it’s also going to be useful in general just to give people access to that,” Seppala said.