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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

A Field Trip to America's Public Libraries

How they serve the needs of their communities   by  NOV 19 2014, 10:57 AM ET

As we’ve been crisscrossing the country visiting towns and cities for ourAmerican Futures project, I always look forward to stopping in the town's public library. Every town has one. They’re often lovely buildings. (Thank you, Andrew Carnegie!) They offer a first pulse of the town. (Are they vibrant and bustling?) The librarians are as knowledgeable as the newspaper editors and as welcoming as the Chamber of Commerce. Who wouldn’t love a library?