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Library gloomsday?
Philadelphia Daily News, September 8, 2009

WILL OUR libraries be closing in October?

I sure hope not.

First and foremost, of course, I don't want people to lose their jobs. I also don't want people to be without free books, free Internet access and the free expertise of our librarians.

I want there to be afterschool programs where children can learn to love books and learn how to let their imaginations roam the aisles of stories, fictional and nonfictional, that will inspire them to be the grown-up versions of their curious, playful selves.

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