And so Hermione Granger, that charming grind, still goes to the Hogwarts library and spends hours and hours working her way through the stacks, finding out what a basilisk is or how to make a love potion.

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The story goes that when President Richard Nixon had asked to see the legendary Alexandria Library on a visit to Egypt and was informed that it had been destroyed sometime in the distant archaeological past, it also turned out that his hosts had no idea where it had been.

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In Asia, where it has the most programs, only 30% of the cost of establishing a library involves printing and distributing books, while the rest goes toward furniture, training teachers and monitoring to make sure the books are getting used.

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