Home of the free. Libraries matter despite their shapes and sizes.

Library — University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

The four-letter word, ‘free’ has an emotional impact on us humans, no matter where we live or what we do. It’s lodged itself in advertising and constitutions for a reason. I’ve often heard it said that freedom is not free. There is only one place where the exception is true: The library. Any library, whether it is a temporary shed in the desert, or in the bowels of a…