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The library printed my job application

Site Administrator · Tucson, AZ · June 3, 2026

To the Editor,

I was between phones when I needed to apply for a city maintenance job. The Pima County Public Library let me use a computer, print ten pages free, and sit in air conditioning while I fixed my résumé formatting.

The librarian, David, did not rush me when the session timed out. He reset it twice. I got the job. I still stop in to say hello on Thursdays.

Libraries are not nostalgia. They are workforce infrastructure. Fund them like it.

— Miguel Santos

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