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		<title>President&#8217;s Notes &#8211; April 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April Decision Making As Trustees, libraries and library services are paramount in our lives. This month, as Albertans, they need to be paramount in everyone’s lives during the provincial election. With the funding increases of three years ago, and recent &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/presidents-notes-april-2012">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>AGM Letter to Members</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 24, 2012 Thousands of Albertan’s – volunteers – contribute time, skills and leadership to their community libraries and regional library systems. Please join the 2011 – 2012 ALTA Board of Directors on Friday, April 27th at 3:00 pm in &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/agm-letter-to-members">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Advocacy Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alberta Library Trustees Association has two primary responsibilities &#8211; education and advocacy. Click here for three documents addressing the second focus for the upcoming provincial election. It is vital library trustees create conversation and awareness for our libraries as provincial &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/advocacy-tools">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Premier Redford at the Fort McMurray Public Library at MacDonald Island</title>
		<link>http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/premier-redford-at-the-fort-mcmurray-public-library-at-macdonald-island</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its election time in Alberta. Candidates and Ministers are sharing their vision in Alberta&#8217;s community libraries. Premier Redford reads to pre-schoolers in Fort McMurray Public Library at MacDonald Island. Stories of candidate visiting libraries during the election are welcome! Please &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/premier-redford-at-the-fort-mcmurray-public-library-at-macdonald-island">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>And the Oscar Goes To&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/and-the-oscar-goes-to</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ALTA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce and Branden Oldenburg]]></description>
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		<title>The End of the Britannica Print Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/the-end-of-the-britannica-print-edition</link>
		<comments>http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/the-end-of-the-britannica-print-edition#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ALTA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 244 years of publishing Britannica Encyclopaedia is ceasing production of the print edition of the popular resource. “It’s a rite of passage in this new era,” Jorge Cauz, the president of Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. said in an interview. “Some &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/the-end-of-the-britannica-print-edition">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Future Libraries and 17 Forms of Information Replacing Books</title>
		<link>http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/future-libraries-and-17-forms-of-information-replacing-books</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Thomas Frey Click here to read an interesting article about the role of libraries in an increasingly digital world. Frey also highlights forms of information that are replacing the use of books. He questions the people who think libraries &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/future-libraries-and-17-forms-of-information-replacing-books">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Librarian discovers note from 1963 in language book, makes connection with note writer</title>
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		<comments>http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/librarian-discovers-note-from-1963-in-language-book-makes-connection-with-note-writer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Christina WoodWorth A handwritten note, scribbled on a small square of pink paper and slipped into a book at Love Library nearly 50 years ago, has connected two people who would otherwise be strangers. Richie Graham, a media services &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/librarian-discovers-note-from-1963-in-language-book-makes-connection-with-note-writer">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers Count!</title>
		<link>http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/volunteers-count</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ALTA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[E-newsletter Blurb Let&#8217;s show Alberta how volunteers shape our community landscape during National Volunteer Week withVolunteers Count! Volunteers Count!, proudly supported by TransCanada, is a yearly initiative that adds up the hours Albertans spend volunteering during National Volunteer Week. The &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/volunteers-count">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No eBooks for Libraries?</title>
		<link>http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/no-ebooks-for-libraries</link>
		<comments>http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/no-ebooks-for-libraries#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ALTA</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alberta Library Conference]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the major publishing company, Penguin Books, pulled out of its contract with Overdrive, a distributor of library eBooks, Random House became the only major publishing company to give unrestricted access to eBooks to libraries for loaning purposes. This is &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/no-ebooks-for-libraries">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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