What better place to initiate a real social movement towards the revitalization of civic values than the public library? It is the nexuspoint of disciplines, interests and peoples - class, race, even literacy level become irrelevant as the library welcomes all where you stand.
We idealize the 1950s because they were on the right track: we live in an interconnected society in which the primary value, the goal of morality, should be promotion of human flourishing. Professionals all need a reorientation towards that value. Libraries should lead society not because "they have a lot of information" but because they too share human flourishing as a primary value.
