How the Santa Fe Public Library Saved Me

A Much Needed Third Place By K.O. . . This is not a gentle Third Place story. Nor is it academic. It is vulnerable. It is mine. I was always sweating excessively back then. My car did not have air conditioning and only some of the windows worked. I had left my house full of

My Library Life

by Zoe W. . . In August of 2006, my family and I moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. My mom was starting a new job, I was starting second grade at a new town in a new school, and my dad was very sick. It was a time of changes. Money was tight, as

The Third Place

by Aaron O. . . When people think of libraries, the first thing that often comes to mind is a warehouse of books, a place to do research for school projects, or a quiet study spot. However, libraries have been metamorphizing over the past few decades to embody a concept referred to as a “Third

Libraries as Third Places

or How I Fell Back in Love with Libraries By Samuel B. I asked the staff of the Santa Fe Public Library how they think of the Library as a Third Place for the community. This is the first of several articles that was received for that query. Please look for future postings on this topic! Christina