The University of Michigan Library extends its warmest congratulations and best wishes to the graduating class of 2008. It has been said that nobody graduated from a library, but nobody graduated without one either. It is equally true that libraries thrive on the enriching intellectual environment that you, our students, have helped provide.

As you look toward the future, we hope you will continue in the spirit of inquiry, curiosity, and the commitment to creating a better world that the University Library holds dear. We are proud to have been a part of your life here at the U-M, and we hope you visit us when you return to campus.

I have always believed that libraries are the most civilized places in our world, the most generous and democratic, the least judgmental, belonging to no one and everyone, doing the noble work of at once preserving and circulating the ideas and expressions of mankind.

--Jhumpa Lahiri, author of The Namesake

MLibrary Commencement 2008 Photos on Flickr