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ing Department<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Cincinnati, Ohio  (513) 369-6984<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:michael.christianbudd@cincinnatilibrary.org">michael.christianbudd@cincinnatilibrary.org</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://catalog.cincinnatilibrary.org/">http://catalog.cincinnatilibrary.org</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>