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Rockingham County Librarian uses 3D printer to create face shields amid coronavirus outbreak

Rockingham County shared a post on how the Librarian is using technology to create the masks, Saturday afternoon.

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. — A Librarian out of Rockingham County is creating face shields for their colleagues in the Rockingham County Health Department and Rockingham County Department of Social Services.

Rockingham County shared a post on how the Librarian is using technology to create the masks, Saturday afternoon.

The county shared it through their Facebook page.

And said the Librarian from the Eden Branch Library prints the face shields.

The Rockingham County Library shared a video showing the masks being assembled, step-by-step, with a number of different materials displayed.

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