Other services are increasingly telling clients that their local library can help them, and staff there are coming under pressure
Lizzie Flaherty works in a library, but she’s not a librarian. Flaherty has an unusual role: she is the first library social worker employed in South Australia.
Australia’s 1,700-odd public libraries offer much more than books. Inside, people find refuge, connections (both human and internet), and a free space open to everyone.
