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Show Schoolvrs. Home 7 Dr. Daryl J. McCorty Executive Secretory i U'ah Education Association What's k a library? When the word "library" is mentioned, men-tioned, many of us think of books. But libraries have grown to be much more than mere warehouses of printed materials. Some public libraries in Utah will lend you cassette tapes of the world's greatest music, 16 mm films, and a print of a master painters's works. The Salt Lake County Libraries also offer filmstrips, children's records, projectors, tape recorders, world globes, sculpture pieces and yes, even typewriters. Personnel in many libraries will try to help you to get an answer to some question. Let's say you're writing a speech and you need to know how many troops Napoleon commanded at Waterloo. Chances are, a library informations in-formations specialist can come up with the answer. . Libraries often have duplicating machines. Some provide tax assistance, "story time" for tots, craft instructions and even show great movies from the past. You can't go to the library? Then the library can come to you. Bookmobiles travel many miles each week In Utah. If you're homebound, some libraries will mail reading material to you. Some will help you plan an individual study program on your own time and at your own speed and even help select study materials. Libraries have become great lecture centers. Some recent presentations include such topics as alcoholism, family fitness, parenting, Boy Scout merit badges, an armchair tour of Malaysia and Singapore, earthquake preparedness, personal finanical management and hunter safety. One branch library scheduled a science fair, where young people age 8-12 8-12 met one evening to perform their favorite scientific experiments. Libraries are becoming family gathering centers. They have something for . every age. This is National Library Week, and libraries across the nation are inviting you to stop by. It's a standing Invitation come in any week, and bring the family. |