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A Library Opens in Ethiopia
At the grand opening of the Ethiopia Reads library in Mekele, Ethiopia, August 20, Ethiopia Reads Founder Yohannes Gebregeorgis talks with American Libraries Editor Leonard Kniffel about the need for libraries in Ethiopia, the difficulties of opening libraries there, and how librarians around the world can help with the mission.
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I don’t understand why people would work so intensely in a noisy environment. My mother said people work best in a quiet place, free of distractions. One day I told a table of industrious students, ‘I have to ask you not to use your computers so that others can sit. I pointed to a big sign that...

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