A More Perfect Union.

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  • Author(s): LANKES, R. DAVID
  • Source:
    Publishers Weekly. 1/25/2021, Vol. 268 Issue 4, p96-96. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Libraries; Social cohesion; Librarians; Information scientists; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
    • Abstract:
      The author reflects on the role of libraries in bringing people together. He talks about the need to find a way to rebuild the civic and educational structures that bring people together to move forward as a nation, his observation on how libraries act as instruments of community cohesion, and his analysis of the events of January 6, 2021, when insurectionists invaded the Capitol in Washington, D.C., as a librarian and information scientist.