The Library at Occupy Wall Street

“A few days ago, Betsy, a trained librarian who lives in Brooklyn, came to the protest for the first time and found a short stack of books lying on the ground where everyone was camped out. She decided to go to one of the organizational meetings for the protests and ask if anyone else thought it would be a good idea to start a proper library. People did.”

—From The New Yorker’s coverage of the makeshift library at Zucotti Park for the protesters of Occupy Wall Street.