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	<description>This blog will cover a broad range of topics, focusing on a behind the scenes look at projects, staff, and programs at NSLS.</description>
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		<title>Peggy Sharp week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three days at NSLS filled to the brim with youth services and school librarians excited to inhale all that Dr. Peggy Sharp has to offer. Peggy has returned to expertly lead our exploration of the vast jungle of new children&#8217;s titles and exercises to create new learning and book telling strategies. Peggy, same time, next [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.nsls.info/2010/02/peggy-sharp-week/</link>
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		<title>Library systems front and center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The funding crisis for NSLS and all Illinois Library Systems has greatly raised public awareness of our services. Too bad the new profile has to come on the back of downer news, but could be helpful in the long run.  The Daily Herald ran an in-depth article in advance of our Legislative Breakfast, with commentary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.nsls.info/2010/02/library-systems-front-and-center/</link>
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		<title>A man of few words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our own Ian Baaske is one of the &#8220;writers famous and obscure&#8221; to have their six-word memoir included in the latest compilation by Smith Magazine. You can read Ian&#8217;s memoir on the  NPR Talk of the Nation website.

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		<link>http://blog.nsls.info/2010/02/a-man-of-few-words/</link>
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		<title>Congratulations to our advocacy challenge winners!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2009, all NSLS public library directors were challenged to step up their advocacy efforts to the state and national level. They received points for engaging in and recording advocacy activity including visits to legislators, attending NSLS advocacy events such as the Legislative Breakfast, and participating in the state and/or national legislative days in Springfield and Washington D.C.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.nsls.info/2010/02/congratulations-to-our-advocacy-challenge-winners/</link>
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		<title>Thanks to fans and friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was uplifting to watch the Save Illinois Libraries Facebook site gain so many new fans during the e-mail campaign. In just one week the fan list grew from 1,700 to over 4,000! This bodes well for an even more colossal electronic rally when we need to call out the troops again. Who knows, maybe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.nsls.info/2010/02/thanks-to-fans-and-friends/</link>
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		<title>Thanks to Makeitbetter.net</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Pioneer Press Publisher Larry Green is now leading a new online/print zine: Make it Better. They put our campaign front and center today to truly &#8220;make it better&#8221; for Illinois residents.
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		<link>http://blog.nsls.info/2010/01/thanks-to-makeitbetter-net/</link>
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		<title>Courier-News covers Systems funding crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The press is starting to pick up on the huge negative impact for libraries if Illinois Library Systems do not receive overdue funding from the State.   http://bit.ly/83hRYw
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		<link>http://blog.nsls.info/2010/01/courier-news-article-on-systems-funding-crisis/</link>
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		<title>Welcome Zoe Baaske</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have missed Debbie Baaske during her maternity leave, but honestly, we were more interested in her new bundle of joy during a recent visit.  Everyone piled into the kitchen for our first meeting with daughter Zoe, born October 30.  Zoe was very patient with all the passing around, cooing, and squeezes. Can&#8217;t wait till [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.nsls.info/2010/01/welcome-zoe-baaske/</link>
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		<title>NSLS King of the Jello Mold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Darren Byer, part of the amazing NSLS Delivery crew (route 2), has been bestowed with the newly created title, King of the Jello Mold.  Check out the meticulous 7-layer mold that he made for our staff holiday party.  We were touched by this time-consuming, artistic culinary effort and almost hated to cut into it, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.nsls.info/2009/12/nsls-king-of-the-jello-mold/</link>
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		<title>The Bridge is here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our 17,800 baby is finally here, and like any proud parent, we have its arrival documented in detail (and then some).  The bridge is big, handsome, and looks ready to serve at least the approximate 100 years of its predecessor.

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		<link>http://blog.nsls.info/2009/12/the-bridge-is-here/</link>
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