That supports the role that everyone has to play in the economy including getting people in poverty on a pathway to selfsufficiency. That is just as important. Round of applause for our panel. [applause] up next, booktv takes you to the Fourth Annual boston book festival for a panel called the future of reading. This is about an hour, 15 minutes. Good afternoon. My name is amy ryan, president of the Boston Public Library, and it is an honor and a pleasure to welcome you to the Boston Public Library for the boston book festival. First of all, id like the to thank all the staff and particularly deborah porter, the executive director and founder of the boston book festival, for this amazing lineup this weekend of contentrich programs. [applause] so you can imagine my intense interest in this program, the future of reading, and all of us in the Library World are. So im looking forward to hearing your comments. And what id like to do now is introduce the moderator. [applause] its my pleasur