Library strives to serve homeless

The library tries to be a friend to all local residents, including homeless people, said Jean Yeomans, adult services coordinator. Sometimes that means offering resources to people that employees know are homeless. Sometimes it’s allowing children without fixed addresses to use the Internet for school assignments. And sometimes it’s just leaving people alone as they peruse newspapers, magazines or movies. In many cities, libraries attract homeless people because they offer a warm (or, in the summer, cool) public place where they can blend into the general population.

December 29, 2007 by Uncategorized 2

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  1. Michaelann Bewsee says:
    December 29, 2007 at 9:05 pm

    Homeless folks
    thank you. I’m from Springfield MA and I’ve found the librarians here to be very compassionate toward homeless people, especially as we have no day center here and nowhere for people to go.

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    • mdoneil says:
      December 31, 2007 at 12:02 am

      They could go ….
      They could go to work. I have a number of friends that do that every day. It seems to solve the homeless problem too.

      Why should there be any notice if library patrons enjoy a fixed abode or not. Library resources are availalbe to all.

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