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Libraries: a sanctuary in times of need – the Public Libraries response

        Libraries throughout the world have a strong history of responding to natural disasters and humanitarian crises, providing a welcoming environment, a place of refuge for body and soul, and a source of information. An off-site session will be held at the IFLA WLIC in Columbus (a […]

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Memories of Paris

Thanks to  Ljiljana Sabljak,  for this photograph of Public Libraries Section members at the mid-term meeting in Paris in May.  We were about to tour the wonderful Bibliothèque Marguerite Duras which had a host of exciting inititaives for us to explore.

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A Salute to Paris

  From 3-5 May members of the Public Library Standing Committee were in Paris for the mid term meeting. What a warm welcome that beautiful city and our hosts extended to us. Committee member Annie Dourlent had arranged a rich program and we were able to visit three wonderful libraries […]

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