Amersfoort library realignment a success

Libraries are mostly negative in the news. Branches have to close, members walk away and there is an ongoing debate about their right to exist. But in Amersfoort, the library is on the rise. Over the past year, the number of visitors has risen sharply.

An advance confession: I am a nostalgic library visitor. As a little boy, I used to borrow The Ship-boys of Bontekoe, Eagle's Eye and the trilogies of K. Norel. Later, thanks to the library, I was introduced to a large part of...