Richard Krieger is constantly at The Library.

“Not only taking books out, but I’m also able to get books off the Dauphin County Library System website and put them on my Kindle,” he said. “My wife is constantly at The Library, too, not only getting books to read but also DVDs to borrow.”

Krieger is treasurer of the Lower Paxton Township Lions Club, which was instrumental in helping The Library obtain new equipment for helping blind and visually impaired residents access printed material. The club also recognizes teachers and students and donates more than 2,000 dictionaries every school year to Central Dauphin School District third graders.

For Krieger, a retired audiologist, libraries have been with him for a lifetime.

“I grew up in New York City,” he said. “We had many libraries in our general vicinity. Libraries have always been places not only relating to school, but also for doing research on topics versus just going online. The library has its own place in fulfilling that quest for knowledge.”

How do you utilize The Library for information? I do public speaking, and when I go out and speak on different topics, certainly The Library is a resource for information that you sometimes can’t get from a computer. If I’m traveling to a city, I like to do some research. When we go overseas, it’s nice to get a perspective, an idea of what is in that area to visit.

The Lions Club is famous for supporting people with visual impairments. How does The Library fit in with that work? It’s a resource for anybody because it has so many types of media, including regular print, large print, audiobooks, and braille materials. People can fill in the gaps in their knowledge. The large print resource is very important because individuals may have difficulty with buying a large print book. The library has a nice ability to provide that need.

Now that the vision equipment is installed at East Shore Area Library, do you see the partnership between The Library and Lions Club continuing? Definitely. With the Lions Club’s support of teachers and students in our district, libraries play a big part. Plus, I want to add that the children’s section at East Shore Area Library is tremendous. This section, available to children of all ages is very useful to the community. To get a child interested in reading and taking out books is so important to get them going.