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Arizona State Sued Over Kindle E-Textbook Usage
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"Special Libraries" Name a Burden, So SLA Considers Name Change
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ALA Conference 2009: The Price of Expanding Council Transparency May Be Just $5000
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Library By Design, Spring 2008
On December 11, approximately 115 librarians, architects, and planners convened at the Chicago Public Library's (CPL) Harold Washington Center for LJ's second Design Institute (DI). Through a daylong series of green-themed presentations, panels, and breakout sessions, they conferred on the latest developments, options, strategies, concerns, and solutions relating to sustainable design....

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