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Changing technology and the future of libraries

Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/21/2010, 10:06 a.m.

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Eager to attract digitally savvy readers, public libraries across the country are expanding their electronic book collections. That's just one of the ways that today's libraries are evolving to meet the changing needs of the 21st century library patron.

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  • Lois Langer Thompson: director of the Hennepin County Library.
  • Kit Hadley: director of the St. Paul Public Library.

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