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Yesterday, the Davenport Public Library gave a reception to thank library volunteers for all that they do.\u00a0\u00a0Those volunteers who could attend\u00a0included many of the wonderful people who help our Special Collections Center .<\/p>\n
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What do Special Collections volunteers do?\u00a0\u00a0 What don’t<\/em> they do?<\/p>\n Some cover the desk, answer phones, assist patrons,\u00a0and work on research requests, and generally keep things running smoothly for several hours a week so our staff\u00a0can \u00a0to concentrate on behind-the-scenes projects.\u00a0 Other volunteers\u00a0concentrate on several of those projects with us,\u00a0painstakingly going through each resource (that’s books, newspapers and<\/em> microfilm) line by line, \u00a0indexing and then entering data.\u00a0 And\u00a0a few of them do it all!<\/p>\n So here’s to\u00a0the\u00a0wonderful people who spend their spare time helping us help you!\u00a0 We couldn’t run the Center (or take the time to blog) without you!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Amy G. and the Special Collections volunteers who attended the reception. <\/em> \u00a0 Yesterday, the Davenport Public Library gave a reception to thank library volunteers for all that they do.\u00a0\u00a0Those volunteers who could attend\u00a0included many of the wonderful people who help our Special Collections Center . \u00a0 \u00a0 What do Special Collections … Continue reading ![\"volunteers1\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/volunteers1.jpg?resize=448%2C336&ssl=1\" "\\"volunteers1\\"")
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\nThis group represents about <\/em>half of the total number of marvelous people who\u00a0help in\u00a0our department!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"