“Shhhhh …” is what you used to hear at the library. Predicated on a sense of reverence for historical knowledge and solitary self-improvement, the library was portrayed as a sanctuary from the pressures of everyday life where one could commune with the great thinkers of the past. This year’s annual report demonstrates no less reverence for the thinkers and knowledge of the past, but framed within the context of what all good libraries have always been — a place where the past and the present come together to create the future.