Secretary of State Hargett presents $100000 check to library building campaign
State Gazette
Library officials pose with Secretary of State Tre Hargett and a $100000 check, presented on Friday, Feb. 3. From left, front, Nancy West, Carol Harris, Don Crews, Bob Harrington, Joan Ryland, Penny Hearn Law, McIver's Grant Public Library Director ...

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Secretary of State Hargett presents $100000 check to library building campaign
State Gazette
State and local elected officials joined members of the McIver's Grant Public Library board to present big check in the amount $100000 on Friday, Feb. 3. The check was presented to help build the coffers of the library's capital campaign for a new ...

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Friends review drawing of new addition
Coldwater Daily Reporter
Tom Brady, president of Brussee/Brady Inc. holds a sketch of the Media Center project for the Bronson Library at the Bronson Friends of the Library meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 17. By Ardis Baad Annual circulation at the Bronson Public Library hit 30000 in ...

Elgin library showcases black history at festival
Chicago Daily Herald
Carson's second stop was a children's crafts station, where her sons Demetrius, 6, and Darius, 9, were working on coloring drawings of traffic lights. The invention of the traffic light is credited to Garret Morgan, an African-American.

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Elgin library showcases black history at festival
Chicago Daily Herald
By Elena Ferrarin Gail Borden Public Library patron Diana Carson had barely started to check out the annual Black History Family Festival on Saturday in Elgin when she learned something new. “I read about the Buffalo Soldiers; I didn't know about them ...
Famous Author Shares Life Story at Peoria LibraryCIproud.com

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Seneca South: Exchange students to share experiences from home
Elmira Star-Gazette
"The visit from the exchange students is a regular event at the library, and it is always a delight to meet these charming and adventurous young people," Library Director Harriet Eisman said. The Friends of Watkins Library will provide coffee, ...

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Saving the library one cookie at a time
KVAL
When a six-year-old found out about budget problems facing Douglas County libraries, she said she had to help. “I love my library,” said first grader Lolly Frost at the Mildred Whipple Library in Drain on Saturday. But when Lolly found out that a lack ...

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Saving the library one cookie at a time
KVAL
When a six-year-old found out about budget problems facing Douglas County libraries, she said she had to help. “I love my library,” said first grader Lolly Frost at the Mildred Whipple Library in Drain on Saturday. But when Lolly found out that a lack ...

Perry Creek Branch Library could survive budget cuts
Sioux City Journal
SIOUX CITY -- The Perry Creek Branch Library appears likely to escape the chopping block for a second time, but the future of the Sergeant Floyd Riverboat Museum & Welcome Center was less clear after budgetary discussions Saturday.
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Poet, librarian, civil servant
Durham Herald Sun
To celebrate his years of service, the Friends of the Library, the Office of the Provost, the Employee Forum and Bull's Head Bookshop will sponsor a reading by Beam in the Historic Playmakers Theatre Thursday. During the reading, Beam said he wants to ...

Poet, librarian, civil servant
Durham Herald Sun
By Cliff Bellamy During his 35 years with UNC Libraries, Jeffery Beam pursued what he calls two equally important callings – civil servant and poet. “From the beginning, I felt that being a civil servant is as high a calling as being a poet,” Beam said ...

Poet, librarian, civil servant
Durham Herald Sun
By Cliff Bellamy During his 35 years with UNC Libraries, Jeffery Beam pursued what he calls two equally important callings – civil servant and poet. “From the beginning, I felt that being a civil servant is as high a calling as being a poet,” Beam said ...

E-book borrowing grows at regional libraries
Clearwater Times
He still has those cards but now he uses them for notes or bookmarks, a sign of the new reality libraries are experiencing. A more telling sign? The number of e-books and downloadable audio books borrowed at the library increased 200 per cent in 2011 ...

The private school race
Pasadena Sun
By Megan O'Neil, megan.oneil@latimes.com Sitting with dozens of other eager parents in the Pasadena Christian School library late last month, Joyce Amaro listened carefully to officials describe the application process. The Alhambra resident wants to ...

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Seattle Library lets people Watch Porn On their Computers
Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm
Well, it's not so awkward at the Seattle's Lake City library, because they allow anyone to view porn on their public computers. It's actually a good thing to give freedom to people to use computer without censoring, but on the other hand it might ...
Seattle libraries: No sleeping or eating allowed, but porn-watching OKSeattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle libraries say watching Internet porn okay, eating, sleeping not allowedExaminer.com
Seattle Library Upholds Man's Right To Watch Porn On Its ComputersGeekosystem
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KIRO Seattle
Seattle Library lets people Watch Porn On their Computers
Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm
Well, it's not so awkward at the Seattle's Lake City library, because they allow anyone to view porn on their public computers. It's actually a good thing to give freedom to people to use computer without censoring, but on the other hand it might ...
Seattle libraries: No sleeping or eating allowed, but porn-watching OKSeattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle libraries say watching Internet porn okay, eating, sleeping not allowedExaminer.com
Seattle Library Upholds Man's Right To Watch Porn On Its ComputersGeekosystem
KING5.com -MyNorthwest.com
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Wallingford library program connects kids with environment
Meriden Record-Journal
WALLINGFORD - Ruth Gaffey, the public library's director of children's services, stood Saturday morning before the library's Community Room with a cup of coffee, and gave passersby a chance to learn more about the town's natural environment.

Wallingford library program connects kids with environment
Meriden Record-Journal
WALLINGFORD - Ruth Gaffey, the public library's director of children's services, stood Saturday morning before the library's Community Room with a cup of coffee, and gave passersby a chance to learn more about the town's natural environment.

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African-American leaders discuss 'Closing The Gap' at library forum
The Flint Journal - MLive.com
Ewing was one of several community leaders gathered at Flint Public Library for the event. FLINT, Michigan -- There were several sources of information available at the "African American Leaders Closing The Gap" forum on Saturday, but the message was ...

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Letter: Rockford library management 101
Rockford Register Star
By Anonymous The library is not any different from a retail business that provides a product. The library has to know who its customers are and what they are checking out and accessing. Basic information should be and should have been compiled for ...

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