Sarah Long
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Geneva's talking book center in danger of closingAug 04, 2010 1:50 pm - Imagine on the next visit to your local library, you arrive to find the lights turned off and the doors locked. Your first thought is that there must be a power outage, ...
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Why high school library has key to attracting teensAug 11, 2010 5:01 pm - This is a quiz: What attracts teenagers? If you answered food and letting them have their way you would be correct. Lisa Dettling, librarian at Adlai E. Stevenson High ...
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Book says introverts need to shout out accomplishmentsAug 06, 2010 3:03 pm - In 1950s Atlanta, Ga., when I was a child, my mother taught me to be modest and demure. "Don't be a braggart," she would say. And if I got a compliment, "Now don't get t...
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Illinois library community's e-mail campaign goes viralAug 16, 2010 1:00 pm - Something pretty wonderful happened on Jan. 20. The Illinois library community started an e-mail message campaign and it went viral and it worked! Here's how it happened...
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Regional libraries have not received a funding increase since 1989Aug 16, 2010 4:10 pm - The frog experiment: Throw a frog into a pot of boiling water. He'll hop right out. The water's too hot and what self-respecting frog wants to boil to death? Place a fro...
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Professor explains why it's hard to rest even when your tiredNov 10, 2021 7:45 am - I am always tired but I have trouble going to bed. I have been this way most of my life. There is always one more little thing to squeeze in for work or for the house or...
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A lot has changed at North Shore Suburban Library system in 20 yearsNov 09, 2021 2:00 pm - I have just celebrated my 20th anniversary as Executive Director of the North Suburban Library System. It was a very different world in October, 1989, when I came to Ill...
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Public, school libraries suffer in poor economyNov 09, 2021 1:38 am - In hard times, library usage goes up. Nationwide, more people applied for library cards last year than at anytime since 1990, when these statistics started being collect...
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Check out passport to museum adventuresNov 08, 2021 7:11 pm - Here's an opportunity guaranteed to save money, get you and the family out of the house, and give everybody the opportunity to have a good time and learn new things. It'...
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Fierce defender of First Amendment will be deeply missedNov 07, 2021 9:21 pm - Judith Krug died in April and it's still difficult for librarians who knew her to comprehend it. "It's hard to find words that adequately describe Judith," said one of ...
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