A patron gave me a copy of the article, “In Praise of Libraries,” written by Joe Queenan for The Rotarian magazine in March, 2015, and felt it needed to be shared with our community. I appreciate the thoughtfulness of the patron, as well as Mr. Queenan, and The Rotarian magazine for allowing us to reproduce this article.In Praise of LibrariesThe public library is the only civic institution in my community that is uncompromisingly successful. Not everyone in my small town is crazy about the police force, and not everyone is all that pleased with the public schools.