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What a top librarian’s road trip reveals about America’s libraries — and democracy

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Published Last weekend, outgoing American Library Association President Emily Drabinski arrived in San Diego for the organization’s annual meeting after a 4,951-mile, cross-country road trip with stops at libraries in Rhode Island, West Virginia, Missouri, Kansas, New Mexico and Arizona. In Man, West Virginia, population 772, Drabinski met with a longtime librarian who maintains a collection documenting the history of the rural area, including a coal slurry dam burst in 1972 that caused devastating flooding, killing 125 and ruining the homes of thousands. In Rossville, Kansas, population…

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