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From:American Libraries (Vol. 45, Issue 6)In May Cindy Weir became director of Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario) Public Library....
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From:Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers (Vol. 31, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIt is in the community life of a great city that the library has its most challenging opportunity. The more homogeneous such a life the greater is the opportunity of becoming part of it, since all currents flow...
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 45, Issue 11-12)Mike O'Connor retired August 1 after 40 years as reference librarian at Marathon County (Wis.) Public Library....
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 45, Issue 11-12)When I travel, the first thing I typically seek out in any new city is its public library. It gives me immense pleasure to see a thriving library, full of patrons taking advantage of all the materials and services each...
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 46, Issue 1-2)Erin Carpenter recently became director of Bethany (Pa.) Public Library....
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 45, Issue 7-8)* In June Rick Hulsey retired as director of Willard Public Library in Battle Creek, Michigan, after nearly 25 years of service....
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From:Library Philosophy and PracticePeer-ReviewedIntroduction Nigeria, as a country is still at the implementation stage of attaining the MDGs because of her slow developmental process and political instability, which has been a bane to achieving any set target...
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From:Library Technology Reports (Vol. 47, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAbstract This chapter of The Transforming Public Library Technology Infrastructure proposes a leadership role for rural public libraries as a linchpin among broadband anchor institutions in the community. This...
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From:Information Technology and Libraries (Vol. 28, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThough the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) established requirements for both public libraries and public schools to adopt filters on all of their computers when they receive certain federal funding, it has not...
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 39, Issue 3)A constitutional amendment overwhelmingly approved by Florida voters January 29 will cut property taxes by some $9.3 billion over its first five years, with dire consequences likely for libraries already reeling from...
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From:Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues (Issue 16) Peer-ReviewedIn the second decade of the twentieth century, Yiddish reading circles for Jewish women began springing up in various cities of North America. Some of them were sponsored by the local public library, while others were...
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 40, Issue 6-7)May 5 Stark County (Ohio) District Library named Patty Marsh associate director for public services and Karen E. Miller assistant associate director for public services and main library manager....
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 40, Issue 6-7)"You did it! The people of Florida roared--and the state's leaders listened!" proclaimed a May 3 message on the Florida Library Association website from Immediate Past President Charlie Parker. On April 30, lawmakers...
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 38, Issue 9)The mayor of Bedford, Texas, cast the deciding 4-3 vote August 28 to keep city library services run locally and decline a bid by Maryland-based management firm Library Systems and Services. Mayor Jim Story dismissed as...
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From:Library Trends (Vol. 55, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT Before World War II the Prussian State Library, with its three million volumes, was one of the most important German libraries. It was operational until mid-1943, but the ever-increasing number of air raids...
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From:Information Outlook (Vol. 11, Issue 4)The New York Public Library's Science, Industry and Business Library and publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., now provide library users broad, public online access to more than 300 peer-reviewed journals. Until now, these...
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 38, Issue 5)Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine signed legislation March 22 requiring the state's public libraries to install internet filters to block offensive material but allowing adults who are conducting research to have the...
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 39, Issue 7)A plan proposed by former District of Columbia Mayor Anthony Williams to build a new central library on the site of the old convention center has fallen through. Current Mayor Adrian Fenty announced May 12 that the city...
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 38, Issue 8)"I did everything I could here," Ted Stark, interim director of the shuttered Jackson County (Ore.) Libraries, told American Libraries about his resigning effective August 17 to head the Menomonie (Wis.) Public Library....
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 38, Issue 8)Following Congress's failure to pass the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act in June, two counties in Virginia have taken steps to limit illegal immigrants' access to public services. Resolutions passed in July by...