The Public Library, like the Public School, is the creature
of the community, which owes it provision for keeping it in
condition to render the service for which it was created.
This duty of course, includes adequate financial support but
does not end here. Among the most important adjuncts to such
support are the aid that can be given by enlightened public
opinion and by organized groups in the maintenance of
liberal and helpful policies, and the appointment of a
governing board equally conscious of its responsibilities
and its limitations.