I watched, with interest, the discussion among school librarians in America after the spate of attacks on schools recently.  They were having to consider locking their libraries.  Obviously school libraries, and probably school buildings, are very different from the ones I’m used to here.  I guess I knew that, but had never considered it in these terms before.  It is a huge issue, because so many describe themselves as having no walls and some had no doors.

I grieve for a situation where we have to lock our school doors, although “lock-down” practice has been a part of school life for several years now.    And I was heartened by the ironic humour that permeated the posts of the school librarians, as it always does.

But I will always remember the concept of a “library without doors” - tickles my imagination!