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Publisher Donates $20M for Norfolk Main Library
Norman Oder - 10/08/2008
$50 million complex projected to open in 2012. More
Wyatt’s World: Novels To Fall Into
Neal Wyatt - 10/06/2008
Five titles for the new season More
DCPL Picks “Idea Stores” Starchitect To Help Design Two Branches
Norman Oder - 10/03/2008
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Schremser, Others Leave New Orleans Public Library
Norman Oder - 10/02/2008
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Editorial: Palin Strikes Fear in Libraries
By Francine Fialkoff, Editor-in-Chief, fialkoff@reedbusiness.com - 10/01/2008
My favorite Sarah Palin cartoon circulating on the web is one showing a huge moose, Alaskan no doubt, with a cartoon bubble saying, “BE AFRAID…BE VERY AFRAID!” That pretty much sums up my feelings about the number two on the Republican ticket (and the number one as well), though we've been journalistically judicious at LJ about the censorship and other library-related allegati... More
BackTalk: $108...and Some Cents
By William H. Wisner - 10/01/2008
I do not come cheap. As a reference librarian I am asked, day and night (and every fourth weekend), to thrust and parry every possible question that darts at me here at the reference desk, from the presumed date of Shakespeare's birth to the location of the nearest study room. I have been doing this for 20 years now. More
Sacramento Public Library Director Gold, Under Fire, Announces Retirement
Norman Oder - 09/26/2008
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