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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Not just books — Kitchener Public Library puts a social worker on the shelf<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">KPL’s latest addition lends patrons advice, guidance and a sympathetic ear<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/7022914-not-just-books-kitchener-public-library-puts-a-social-worker-on-the-shelf/">http://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/7022914-not-just-books-kitchener-public-library-puts-a-social-worker-on-the-shelf/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A;background:white">Her placement, which runs three days a week until April, includes training library staff in how to recognize when a library customer may need
help with a bigger issue; outreach with community agencies to help the library figure out how it can best meet the needs of clients such as women staying at a shelter, or homeless men. That work could include helping people sign up for library cards, or even
offering library tours for groups from the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.houseoffriendship.org/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2C3C17;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;text-decoration:none">House
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y</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A;background:white">outh agency, or even organizing pop-up libraries at community agencies.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A;background:white">Kitchener is located in Ontario and the library website can be found at
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;background:white">Shannon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shannon White<br>
Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Whites29@michigan.gov<o:p></o:p></p>
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