Future Leaders at Agincourt’s Tables
"It's like a classroom in here!" a patron tells me jokingly.
And it's an apt description, for should you visit Agincourt library on a Saturday, you would see every table, study carrel, nook, and inch of floor space teeming with hard-working students.
High schoolers, university students, and adult learners are all in evidence, studying anatomy, math, engineering, art history, English, psychology, and a variety of other subjects. Their concentrated faces scan open library books, turn blue from their laptop glare.
Along the northern edge of the library, before the windows revealing the outside world that our patrons give up for a day of study, silence is maintained. Only the occasional typing click and text-message buzz breaks it.
This afternoon, I counted 85 students working away on all available surfaces at Agincourt library. 85 patrons chose Agincourt as their location for studying, revealing another key aspect of library service for our community. It's not just our programs or the collections that patrons value in our branch. For many, a comfortable working area in a public space is a crucial component of their studying needs.
I like to think that at Agincourt library our spaces aren't just crowded with students. They are filled by future scientists, artists, academics, technicians, professionals, and leaders of our future society.
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