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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello library friends,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While the author of this article is from California, I thought her depiction of what it’s like to work in a public law library was spot on. This was particularly good:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">“People come into my law library, by and large, because they are in crisis. Their need is vast and endless. Public libraries like to tell the happy stories—kids at storytime, job applicants. At the law library,
we are open to the public, but the stories are rarely happy. People enter with the fear that they don’t belong. They’re scared, lost, confused, hopeless. Our users struggle to understand and articulate their problems, and they’re up against a system they know
almost nothing about. Heightened emotions are the norm.</span></i><i>”<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lithub.com/librarians-in-the-21st-century-why-law-libraries-are-more-important-than-ever/">http://lithub.com/librarians-in-the-21st-century-why-law-libraries-are-more-important-than-ever/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for referring your patrons who desperately need expert legal assistance to their local county law library – we’ll do our best to help!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Sue<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sue Ludington<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Law Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Washington County Law Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">111 NE Lincoln St., MS #45<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hillsboro, OR 97124<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">503.846.8880 | <a href="mailto:sue_ludington@co.washington.or.us" title="mailto:sue.ludington@co.washington.or.us">
<span style="color:blue">sue_ludington@co.washington.or.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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