Articles filed under Library Districts
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No taxation without representation in EGSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - A previous vote by the Elk Grove Village Library Trustees reflect that the taxpayer is best represented by providing full library services to some 12,000 non-taxpayers r...
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Prospect Hts. library spending is too highSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - We are seniors and paid $582.98 in taxes to the Prospect Heights library. For that amount we could buy 116 paperbacks a year at Costco — about two per week. This is insa...
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No need for park district tax hikeSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - The aspect of our elected leaders being cost-conscious is totally lost by projecting costs above current high tax dollars now levied; unfortunately it’s on the national,...
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Naperville libraries among the last to remove content filtersSep 14, 2012 2:04 pm - Naperville Public Library staff and patrons, especially local students, should find the district’s computer labs to be more user-friendly next week thanks to a new appro...
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Arlington Hts. bookmobile more than mobile librarySep 14, 2012 2:00 pm - When Harold Goldstein of the University of Illinois wrote in 1961 that bookmobiles could be “no more than an ancillary arm of the main institutions, serving as long as b...
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Grayslake library board vacancySep 13, 2012 4:21 pm - @$ID/[No paragraph style]:The Grayslake Area Public Library District is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on the board created by the recent death of a veteran truste...
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Arlington Hts. library lot closing for repairsSep 13, 2012 11:10 am - The underground parking lot of Arlington Heights Memorial Library, including library entrances and drive-up service, will be closed due to repaving from Monday, Sept. 24...
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The story behind folk tales, fairy tales, legends, myths and fablesSep 12, 2012 11:00 am - Ÿ Students in Elise Diaz's fifth grade class at O'Plaine School in Gurnee asked, “What is the difference between a folk tale, fairy tale, legend, myth, and a fable?” Fol...
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Gail Borden Library Foundation Extravaganza Book Sale Sept. 20-23Sep 11, 2012 11:00 pm - Thousands of books as well as movies, music, audiobooks, games, puzzles and more will be on sale to fund exciting exhibits for the library and community. Browse through ...
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Cook Park Library to host display of Japan earthquakeSep 11, 2012 12:30 pm - Cook Park Library, in collaboration with the Japan America Society of Chicago, will display 30 photographs from the powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami that devast...