Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and learn. For over 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans education. But how are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.

    Benjamin Franklin famously set up America's first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its biggest development in the American history in the late 1800s. Businessman Andrew Camegie donated（捐赠） millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country.

    Camegie believed that libraries could offer the chances to Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have chances to read and use books, speeches and news.

    If you can easily find a public library, you'll get more chances. After all, the United States has nine thousand two hundred and twenty-five public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Three quarters of the libraries have the free Internet.Itoffers much more information and chances to ask for jobs online. Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. Today's libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into and the library.

    Benjamin Franklin once said, "The doors of wisdom are never closed." As long as the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!