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Weekly News Digest
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Public Libraries as Community Havens
Alice Nuttall writes the following in “Libraries vs. the Cost of Living Crisis” for Book Riot:Libraries are in a unique position to be able to help people who are struggling financially—they’re free to enter, often located in the centre of a town, and are deliberately set up to be welcoming to more vulnerable groups such as children and elderly people. My local library has a long-established programme where people can come to access computers, and receive help for any IT-related issues that they’re unsure about. Some libraries have teamed up with period poverty charities to provide free menstrual products for anyone who needs them, while others act as a base for local council programmes such as return-to-work schemes. Looking forward to the long, cold winter ahead of us, many libraries are coming up with additional programmes and initiatives to help ease the financial burden on as many people as possible—something they’re planning to tackle in a variety of different ways. For more information, read the article.
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Brandi Scardilli
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