Fans circulate air in the technology section of the Wichita Public Library. The Wichita City Council will consider a library board recommendation to build a scaled-down building at Second and McLean. (May 14, 2012)
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Wichita Public Library director Cynthia Berner Harris shows how an employee has used a poster to deflect an air vent from her desk in the downtown library. The Wichita City Council will consider a library board recommendation to build a scaled-down building at Second and McLean. (May 14, 2012)
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Friends of the Library volunteer Brijida Ichikawa sorts donated items in the basement of the Wichita Public Library. The Wichita City Council will consider a library board recommendation to build a scaled-down building at Second and McLean. (May 14, 2012)
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Michelle Enke, local historical librarian with the Downtown Wichita Public Library, talks about the space needed in the library vault for manuscripts and non-published items. The Wichita City Council will consider a library board recommendation to build a scaled-down building at Second and McLean. (May 14, 2012)
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The Technical Services section of the Downtown Wichita Public Library. The Wichita City Council will consider a library board recommendation to build a scaled-down building at Second and McLean. (May 14, 2012)
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Wichita Public Library director Cynthia Berner Harris talks about the closed book stacks in the downtown library. The library doesn't have room on the public shelves for its collection of books. The Wichita City Council will consider a library board recommendation to build a scaled-down building at Second and McLean. (May 14, 2012)
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