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Libraries are not optional extras: letting them crumble is attacking the vulnerable

Libraries are not optional extras: letting them crumble is attacking the vulnerable

We talk about levelling up, tackling isolation, improving literacy, supporting mental health – libraries do all of that and more with far too little credit.

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