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A public library is a wondrous gift to all the people in the community it serves. It must be located in the most central place possible and accessible to all. It must be free to enter and provide free services to all people, without discriminination.Public libraries are places where working people drop in for a new book during their lunch breaks or after work, where mothers take their children for a morning outing, where older people wander down to read the newspaper, and people in business check the internet, a place where teenagers go for research and homework after school, where families go after dinner and scholars spend their days, and where local interest groups meet in the evenings. Public libraries are unique and special places, and it's a great privilege to have access to them. Read on for the mission statements of public libraries around the world.