Omagh Bomb Digital Archive

	Library Role The role of libraries is to collect, organise and make information available in response to the needs of their customers and library staff are skilled and experienced in doing this. Since 1998, members of staff at WELB’s Library Service have applied these skills to the tragic events of August 1998 and its aftermath, working with the local community to create the Omagh Bomb Archive. I should like to pay tribute to all the staff who have contributed in many different ways over the years to this very significant and challenging project. Helen Osborn (Head of Libraries and Corporate Services)
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