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They don’t pilot boats down hurricane-flooded streets or pull people from second-story windows. Nor do they wear uniforms, carry firearms, or direct emergency vehicles. But library employees have been first responders nevertheless, Ellen Perlman writes, and recognition of this additional community role that libraries play—beyond books and reading rooms—seems to be missing…. http://www.governing.com/articles/12talk.htm
http://library.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/archives/cat_public_library.html#002008
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