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Visiting the Mansueto

The Mansueto Library is like no other, as I discovered on a recent tour. Continue reading

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Washburn Public Library

I worked in the small Washburn Public Library this afternoon. Its plaque indicates that it’s on the register of historical places; its architecture indicates it might be a Carnegie Library, but I couldn’t verify that. The old fashioned reading room … Continue reading

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Powered by a Library

Some feel-good stories are true.  William Kamkwamba‘s is one of them.  Forced to drop out of school in Malawi because his parents couldn’t afford the tuition, he decided to educate himself.  Unwittingly following the path of Andrew Carnegie and hundreds … Continue reading

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