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		<title>No eBooks for Libraries?</title>
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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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		<title>Libraries Still an Important Discovery Source for Kids’ Books, Says Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kathy Ishizuka Bowker survey also finds ebooks are growing in favor among teens, but with barriers to adoption When it comes to finding out about good books for children and teens, there’s more to it than Amazon.com. “Bookstores and &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/libraries-still-an-important-discovery-source-for-kids%e2%80%99-books-says-study">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALC 2012 Subsidy Don&#8217;t forget! March 31, 2012 is the deadline for the Alberta Library Conference 2012 Travel Subsidy application. Check here (at the bottom of the page) to see if your library is navigable and find the application. Canadian Library Association Awards &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/awards">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta Library Conference 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[iLibrary: Tag, You’re It: is the theme of the Alberta Library Conference 2012. This year the Alberta Library Conference (ALC) will look at metatags and social networks and their roles in today’s libraries. The conference will feature keynote speeches by &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/alberta-library-conference-2012">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reopening of the Slave Lake Library</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After watching the Slave Lake Library burn down in the wildfires that destroyed the town of Slave Lake last May, the community came together on February 11 to celebrate the opening of the library’s new temporary location. A donation campaign &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/reopening-of-the-slave-lake-library">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>President&#8217;s Notes &#8211; February 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Across Alberta’s library world: Election results (no we’re not predicting the outcome of the provincial election!), dollars and cents from the province; summed up verbosity of Alberta’s library leaders; the Oscars of ALTA… ALTA Election Results And the winner is &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/presidents-notes-february-2012">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>E-Readers in Libraries</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[E-Readers have steadily gained popularity in the book market in a way that has forever changed the way book stores sell books. The question remains, how will libraries react to and work with e-readers and the digital age? After introducing &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/e-readers-in-libraries">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>International Copyright Debate: Libraries</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Libraries and Archives was the hot topic of an international meeting held in November, 2011 that looked at the development of an international treaty for exceptions and limitations to copyright. The 23rd session of the standing committee on Copyright and &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/international-copyright-debate-libraries">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>President&#8217;s Notes &#8211; Thursday January 26, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/presidents-notes-thursday-january-26-2012</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.- Henry David Thoreau Oh, to be as eloquent as Thoreau, or as witty as Seuss, orto write the perfect &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/presidents-notes-thursday-january-26-2012">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why The Next Big Pop-Culture Wave After Cupcakes Might Be Libraries</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Linda Holmes “I realize we&#8217;re picking the bones from the Old Spice campaign at this point, but when I saw that the Brigham Young University parody of the Old Spice ads had gotten more than 1.2 million views (Old Spicy &#8230; <a href="http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca/why-the-next-big-pop-culture-wave-after-cupcakes-might-be-libraries">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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