In November 1991, I made a Black Book right after reading a small article in the local newspaper in which the public libraries in Baltimore were threatened with the closure of seven of their branches. Since I was in love with the American library systems, I proposed an installation that was executed in front of the main library in downtown Baltimore. It was done with the enthusiastic approval of the community. The installation took place in the front of the library doors, from the entrance to the street with 100 black books. People passing by, going into and coming out of the library had to slow down and become part of the installation. On the other side of the street people were waiting in a line of the soup kitchen at a church and they closed the street to precipitate in the installation. This work is about the continued viability of public libraries, in particular, and for an artist’s participation in the community.