Thanks for all your submissions! You had some great ideas in this contest, listened to the brief closely and have produced some great results.
#8 closely follows the design language of Darien Library, which we really like. We did like how the "pages" overlapped in their logo, creating some visual contrast, but maybe that is copying it too much.
As for #22, do you think it might look good to have the middle book a little lower, so that it looked a little more like a "W"? Might be worth trying if you think it would look good.
#23 is pretty good as is, although it reminds us a little of a educational company (like Scholastic) and less of a public entity like a library. Still a nice design though!
#44 doesn't really add up - our library is a historic building and that looks like an office building. We would prefer not to receive submissions of any buildings in the logo anyways.