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Public libraries can (literally) serve as a shelter from the storm

  • Written by Grace Morris, Imaging/Digitization Specialist, Michigan State University
imageLibraries are a good place for kids to hole up during emergencies.Daria Chichkareva/Shutterstock.com

U.S. public libraries often transform into shelters during emergencies.

After Superstorm Sandy, for example, the Princeton Public Library in New Jersey and Connecticut’s New Canaan Library gave the public somewhere to charge devices, contact...

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