What libraries can do to help

[Drew, Bill]

I have been trying to think how libraries might help their user communities
in response to the attacks yesterday.  I am helping by providing links to
information resources I have found or that have been sent to me.  I started
with links from the Tourbus service sent to me by Jo Anne Ellis of SUNY ESF
at Syracuse University.  I am then adding others as I find them.
The URL is: http://www.morrisville.edu/library/timely.html

Other things we can do:
- listen to your patrons.
- provide a safe haven away from the news if it is needed.
- stay open to provide normality.
- be human and admit your own responses.
- share news and information sources with other libraries and librarians.

Any other suggestions are welcome.

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Wilfred (Bill) Drew
Associate Librarian, Systems and Reference
SUNY Morrisville College Library
E-mail: mailto:drewwe at morrisville.edu
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