By: acollette on 11/4/09
my children are in a day care that booker stops at and i am sad that they will no longer be able to enjoy it. it is something that they really looked forward to...so sad! good luck to diana!

By: Emptynester on 11/4/09
It's really sad to see Booker go off the road. The people (low-income areas of Northfield)who need the literacy opportunities and library outreach the most will be the biggest ones effected- and they always seem to loose.

By: JackieS on 11/4/09
I'm not really clear on how the low income areas of Northfield will lose out if the bookmobile isn't running. The library is still open--they can obtain their books from there.

By: northfielder on 11/4/09
JackieS, low income people will lose out because they are least likely to have reliable transportation to the library, free time when the library is open, and parents with flexible enough schedules to bring them. booker bridges all those gaps very effectively. Our community certainly has enough people with that skill set to keep Booker on the road if we deem it important enough to do so.

By: Emptynester on 11/6/09
It's sad people like Jackie S. don't have a grasp of the poverty right here in Northfield. And transportation is THE BIG factor often missing in accessing social services.

By: ecseb8 on 11/7/09
It is true that the library is open to all and free to all, but not everyone feels like they can access it equally. Some people who live in low income situations don't feel the same access to these public domains that the rest of the population may. Services like Booker are necessary to bring literacy to the masses. We need our children to read to help break the cycle of poverty.