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- Berkeley Public Library Gets New Director
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The Berkeley (Calif.) Board of Library Trustees named Donna Corbeil director of library services at the Berkeley Public Library December 6. Corbeil is currently deputy director of Solano County (Calif... - Michigan Library Closes Branches, Slashes Jobs after Tax Defeat
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The board of the Bay County (Mich.) Library voted December 4 to close two of the system?s branches, reduce hours at the remaining three branches, and cut 120 positions. The move follows the defeat of ... - Internet2 Marks 10th Anniversary with Tenfold Speed Increase
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Some 700 . . .... - ALA President Hosts Summit on a National Library Agenda
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American Library Association President Leslie Burger is gathering some 40 policy and decision-makers at the ALA Washington Office December 10--11 for a National Library Agenda Summit. One of the summi... - Iraq National Library and Archive Closed Due to Violence
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In the wake of increasing sectarian violence that resulted in the deaths of several staff members, Iraq?s National Library and Archive in Baghdad, which houses the country?s largest depository of book... - Opposition to EPA Cutbacks Increases
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The Environmental Protection Agency faces escalating resistance to its cost-saving plan to replace printed library materials with online resources. The transition is part of the agency?s response to P... - D.C. Council Committee Tables Plan for New Central Library
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Plans for a new central library on the site of the District of Columbia?s old convention center hit a snag November 21 when a city council committee voted 3--2 to table the proposal. At the meetin... - Copyright Office Grants DMCA Exemptions
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Despite its reluctance to do so in the past, the U.S. Copyright Office November 22 granted six exemptions to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In the government?s triennial . . ....