And in the Did You Know department...

U.S. public library cardholders outnumber Amazon customers by almost 5 to 1. Each day, U.S. libraries circulate nearly 4 times more items than Amazon handles.

Source: http://www.oclc.org/roi/

The lesson is that libraries, in this case public libraries, are essential to economic growth; not forgetting the organization and dissemination of knowledge, the nurturing of imagination, the encouraging of critical faculties, and helping to dissolve the digital divide.

You can read some of the success stories at the link above, including that of the Gallo Winery.

Hmmm......should you be thanking your local library for the fact that your glass of red wine a day is helping to prevent certain cancers?