<?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 are for Everyone.&nbsp;Really.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a title="By Hafuboti (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALAFE_rose.jpg"><img class="alignright" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/LAFE_rose.jpg/512px-LAFE_rose.jpg" alt="LAFE rose" width="377" height="377" /></a>I tell you that all the time. Recently, of course, the phrase has come to have new meaning.</p>
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<p>Now there is an amazing library blogger who has created a <a href="https://hafuboti.com/2017/02/02/libraries-are-for-everyone/" target="_blank">series</a> of graphics around the theme of diversity and inclusion.  And she is doing so in multiple languages:</p>
<h4 style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/french.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="7246" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/libraries-are-for-everyone-really/french/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/french.jpg" data-orig-size="6000,6000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="french" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/french.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/french.jpg?w=1024" class="size-medium wp-image-7246 aligncenter" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/french.jpg?w=300&#038;h=300" alt="french" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/french.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300 300w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/french.jpg?w=600&amp;h=600 600w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/french.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><a href="https://hafuboti.com/2017/02/05/libraries-are-for-everyone-french/" target="_blank">French</a></h4>
<h4 style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/spanish.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="7247" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/libraries-are-for-everyone-really/spanish/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/spanish.jpg" data-orig-size="700,700" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="spanish" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/spanish.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/spanish.jpg?w=700" class="size-medium wp-image-7247 aligncenter" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/spanish.jpg?w=300&#038;h=300" alt="spanish" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/spanish.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300 300w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/spanish.jpg?w=600&amp;h=600 600w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/spanish.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><a href="https://hafuboti.com/2017/02/04/libraries-are-for-everyone-spanish/" target="_blank">Spanish</a></h4>
<h4 style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://hafuboti.com/2017/02/05/libraries-are-for-everyone-arabic/" target="_blank"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="7248" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/libraries-are-for-everyone-really/arabic/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/arabic.jpg" data-orig-size="6000,6000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="arabic" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/arabic.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/arabic.jpg?w=1024" class="size-medium wp-image-7248 aligncenter" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/arabic.jpg?w=300&#038;h=300" alt="arabic" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/arabic.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300 300w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/arabic.jpg?w=600&amp;h=600 600w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/arabic.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />Arabic</a></h4>
<p>All of the images are under a Creative Commons Attribute/Share Alike license, because Hafuboti wants and encourages everyone to download, share, modify, and have fun with her work!</p>
<p>These make my day! I hope they make yours too.</p>
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