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Libraries Matter “The purpose of the public library is the pursuit of happiness first and education second. Happiness and education it’s all good John Cotton Dana Over 100 years ago, the first city librarian

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Libraries Matter

“The purpose of the public library is the pursuit of happiness first and education second. Happiness and education it’s all good

John Cotton DanaOver 100 years ago, the first city librarian

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Early Literacy Culture memory Multi media gateway to all the

world knowledge entries to the are literature and music

Welcoming environment office workers

Idea stores Library is definitely my favorite

place to brainstorm new ideas.

Role libraries play

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Library card means a lot of things : It means welcome . It says you belong here. It says we will not judge you by your look,

wealth, your lifestyle. It says more than anything welcome home. Free passport over the world gives ideas

and other culture. That place is refuge have to be saved.

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What Library gives : It give freedom to explore and to choose and

they also teach children the books and ideas can be should be shared. They bring the books back you know that some one else shares.

Education service Information service with accurate information Culture service “raise the level of participation

interaction appreciation of all Art and writings Comfort recreation and play positive role to

invest people their spare time.

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Why do we still need libraries in the age of digital, real-time information?

We should work to use the library as a hub for community-based knowledge creation and discourse

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How Libraries Work1- Loan services - Foreign loan and Re-new the loan.

2- Reference services – direct reference material loan- indirect reference such as arrange on shelves or to the correct or position.

3- Current awareness Service. It aim to keep the beneficiary in line with the latest development in the field of interests.

4- Search on-line service.

5- Imaging and cloning Service.

6- Training beneficiaries service – how to use different sources provided.7- Preparation of lists biographical –whether these list of authors or tittles or subjects and printed on paper or copied to disk.

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