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closed its physical building and moved completely online. “We’ve looked at the trends and seen that use of the building has gone down, the circulation of paper material has gone down, at the same time we’ve seen very large increases in the use of online materials," said the library's director, Nancy
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print books and stacks out of public locations to free up more space for things such as tech centers, reading rooms, meetings rooms, and cultural events."
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