To the Editor:

I had the opportunity of viewing candidates night over my laptop and have been following the discussion about funding for a new city library in DeKalb. As a former academic library director at several institutions, this topic is close to my heart.

I fully understand the difficult economy and how it is impacting many of our friends and neighbors. However, I hope both the DeKalb City Council and the community take a hard look at taking advantage of perhaps a once in a lifetime assistance from the state to finally help DeKalb build a new public library after forty years.