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Library Cataloguing ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠺⠕⠗⠙⠀⠊⠎⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠗⠥⠃⠗⠊⠉⠆⠀⠊⠋⠀⠊⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀⠕⠝⠀
⠠⠍⠁⠍⠍⠁⠇⠎⠀⠊⠞⠀⠺⠊⠇⠇⠀⠀⠃⠑⠀⠋⠕⠥⠝⠙⠀⠥⠝⠙⠑⠗⠀
⠍⠁⠍⠍⠁⠇⠎⠆⠀⠁⠝⠙⠂⠀⠋⠊⠝⠁⠇⠇⠽⠂⠀⠊⠋⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠊⠎⠀⠇⠕⠕⠅⠊⠝⠛
⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠁⠀⠞⠗⠑⠁⠞⠊⠎⠑⠀⠀⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠑⠇⠑⠏⠓⠁⠝⠞⠂⠀⠓⠑⠀
⠝⠑⠑⠙⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠅⠝⠕⠺⠀⠊⠋⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠁⠝⠊⠍⠁⠇⠀⠊⠎⠀⠁⠀
⠍⠁⠍⠍⠁⠇⠆⠀⠓⠑⠀⠝⠑⠑⠙⠀⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠑⠧⠑⠝⠀⠃⠑⠀⠎⠥⠗⠑⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀
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⠎⠥⠋⠋⠊⠉⠊⠑⠝⠞⠇⠽⠀⠀⠁⠉⠟⠥⠁⠊⠝⠞⠑⠙⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀
⠁⠇⠏⠓⠁⠃⠑⠞⠀⠞⠕⠀⠋⠊⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠺⠕⠗⠙⠀⠠⠑⠇⠑⠏⠓⠁⠝⠞⠂⠀
⠥⠝⠙⠑⠗⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠀⠺⠊⠇⠇⠀⠁⠏⠏⠑⠁⠗⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠎⠑⠏⠁⠗⠁⠞⠑⠀⠺⠕⠗⠅⠎⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠇⠊⠃⠗⠁⠗⠽⠀⠉⠕⠝⠞⠁⠊⠝⠎
⠀⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠀⠎⠥⠃⠚⠑⠉⠞⠲⠀⠠⠝⠕⠞⠓⠊⠝⠛⠂⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠺⠕⠥⠇⠙⠀
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⠞⠓⠁⠝⠀⠞⠓⠊⠎⠲⠀⠠⠝⠕⠀⠍⠁⠞⠞⠑⠗⠀⠺⠓⠁⠞⠀⠓⠑⠀⠺⠁⠝⠞⠎⠀⠓⠑⠀
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⠞⠓⠑⠎⠑⠀⠉⠕⠝⠙⠊⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠋⠥⠇⠋⠊⠇⠇⠑⠙⠂⠀
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