New York Public Library, 1907.

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New York Public Library, 1907.
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Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode
Island. Gegrundet in 1747.
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The Library of Congress in Washington.
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The cathedral-like ceiling of the now restored
Reading Room at the New York Public Library
Monday, Sept. 28, 1998. The famous room, as long
as a football field and five stories high, was
closed for 18 months while hundreds of workers
cleaned, mended and restored its glorious
Beaux-Arts appearance with the help of the
corporate donations of over 15 million. (AP
Photo/Ed Bailey)
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A patron of the New York Public Library, inserts
a new library access card at a new computer
station in the newly renovated Reading Room of
the New York Public Library Thursday, Nov. 12,
1998. With Internet access wired into its
90-year-old oak desks and murals of the sky
repainted on its cathedral-like ceiling, the
Reading Room has been restored to its original
splendor and made ready for the next century.
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The Los Angeles Central Library stands in this
1993 photo, celebrating its 125 years of
existence in Los Angeles. The library has grown
into a free institution encompassing 68 branches,
more than 1.1 million cardholders and a
state-of-the-art computer system that keeps track
of 6 million volumes and links the library to the
world via the Internet. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)
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Librarians and library volunteers open boxes of
books which were donated to the Oakland Public
Library, in May 2003. Facing budget problems,
local public libraries went online to ask the
public to buy and donate books to them. The
Oakland Public Library put a wishlist on
Amazon.com and within 3 weeks had received more
than 400 books. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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First lady Laura Bush hands out books to local
students, after reading to them at the first
National Book Festival at the Library of Congress
Friday, Sept. 7, 2001, in Washington. The
festival is hosted by Mrs. Bush and sponsored by
the Library of Congress.
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https//www2.nypl.org/support/corporate.htm
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www.broward.org/sbrc
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www.gatesfoundation.org/Libraries/
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http//www.hcpl.net/about/compart.htm
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http//www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backi
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http//www.usembassy.de/gaci/
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Susan Sarandon for ALA
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