<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Libraries Can Help]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Libraries help their communities in numerous ways every day.  At least they should. Good libraries do. <!--more-->There are the standard ways you might think of: promoting early literacy for children, providing meeting room space for organizations and businesses, loaning resources that people don&#8217;t have to buy. . .  But there are also other, probably even more important ways libraries and librarians can help communities and the people who live in them.</p>
<p>And one of the best ways is described in the article <a title="whole person librarianship" href="http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2015/05/whole-person-librarianship/" target="_blank">Whole Person Librarianship</a>. Librarians and social workers have much in common, and can work together to serve the needs of our patrons. Think about it!</p>
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