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The woman who has built the Seattle Public Library into a ubiquitous force, Deborah Jacobs, announced Wednesday she will be leaving her job as city librarian effective July 2 to join the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

As deputy director for the foundation's global-libraries program, Jacobs will work with other countries to expand technology access at public libraries.

Seattle Times has the story, including a history of some of the significant changes Jacobs made in her eleven years as City Librarian.