Haldimand County Public Library
Anyone who knows me knows that I am the quintessential bibliophile (I love books). I typically buy all of my literature and either clutter up my house or to give away to friends. I decided to step into the Jarvis branch of the library the other day to get some children' s books; my kids go through them quicker than I do. The last library I was in was an academic library so it was an experience to see how the modern public library is laid out. It is quite open and peaceful. For those of you who don't know, the library carries audio, video and now video games. I was able to get my daughter a Mickey Mouse DVD along with her books.
I asked the librarian about the video games and she explained it was a bit of a draw to get kids off the street (or their butt) and into the library. I went home and packaged probably 20 Wii and Xbox 360 games as well as the two machines and the hardware. I also included really good DVDs that we no longer watch (or very rarely). I would recommend that everyone donates their DVD collection they aren't using and their video games.  I ended up in Caledonia because Jarvis has wonky hours, but I contributed to the same system.
The prefix word of community is com which means "together". Public is a word that can be loosely translated as "the people". We are responsible for the quality of our library through contributions. Whether its video games or novels and whether they shelve or sell them - together, we the people can help build a strong library system.
The system already has some really cutting edge partnerships including online access to audio books and online access to language learning software. As with most organizations, if nobody helps out we can never expect improvement.