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It’s National Library Week! April 15, 2008

Posted by Phoebe in : Librarians, Life in the library , trackback

This short & funny video was produced by the American Library Association. Don’t let it give you any funny ideas about questions to bring to the Reference Desk…

(But if it does inspire you to appreciate your librarian this week, go for it!)

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