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Chicago’s Library Chief on Changes Ahead

Shanika Gunaratna | July 30, 2013, 10:30 am

We talk with Chicago Public Library Commissioner Brian Bannon on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm about his vision for bringing the city’s libraries into the 21st century.

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