Jul 28, 2022
“Today, when politicians think you can close down libraries
because everything is available online, you have to remind them
that libraries are not only for books; they are for people,” says
Thomas Mann Fellow and former director of the Leipzig University
Library, Ulrich J. Schneider. In his research, he examines the
importance of public libraries in different social contexts. In
this episode, Schneider explains how public libraries came to be
places where people, regardless of their social status, can access
knowledge and leave as changed persons.