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Libraries in North Yorkshire are an important part of the community.
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Our libraries are doing very well and have been given national awards.
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Volunteers are very important and help to keep our libraries open.
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Greg White—Executive Member for Libraries.
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Richard Flinton—Chief Executive of the Council.
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Please contact us if you want to tell us what you think about this plan.
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Please contact Library Secretaries.
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Our libraries are more than a place to borrow books.
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They are somewhere you can go to get help and information, and to do activities.
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We want our libraries to:
Support reading and learning.
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Support better health and wellbeing.
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Have computers and help people to use them.
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Be an important place for communities.
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These are some things we need to do to make sure our libraries keep doing well. They are:
Help more people to read.
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Make libraries bright and safe places to visit.
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Help people to learn.
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Have activities and events.
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Help people to use computers.
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Have internet access and free WiFi.
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Help people to find out about their community.
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Have good quality books in different formats.