The second premise -- and this was something that was very difficult for us to convince the librarians of at first -- is that libraries, since the inception of Carnegie Library tradition in America, had a second responsibility, and that was for social roles.
A segunda premissa — e foi muito difícil, de início, convencer os bibliotecários disto — é que as bibliotecas, desde a sua origem, na tradição das bibliotecas Carnegie nos EUA, têm uma segunda responsabilidade, um papel social