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		<title>2010 Minnesota Book Award Winners Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, April 17, the Minnesota Book Award winners were announced at the annual gala award celebration.
Visit the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library site to see the 2010 winners, complete with book jackets and descriptive paragraphs. For a quick list of winners (authors and titles) by category, visit  SELCO News, April 19, 2010.
To see the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging Leaders in Our Midst</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=223</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Minnesota library staff have been selected for the prestigious 2010 ALA Emerging Leaders program.
Cody Hanson, Technology Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis, sponsored by LITA
Cynthia Matthias, Teen Services Librarian, Hennepin County Libraries, sponsored by the Minnesota Library Association
The Emerging Leaders program is a leadership development program for newer library workers from across the country. 100 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Blogger Appreciation Week September 14-18</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=169</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Walker Smalley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW) was started by Amy Riley, a book blogger at My Friend Amy. The goal of BBAW is to recognize the contributions of book bloggers &#8220;to the promotion and preservation of a literate culture actively engaged in discussing books, authors, and a lifestyle of reading.&#8221; This is its second year.
All book bloggers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Cloud Public Library Sculpture Wins National Award</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=154</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Walker Smalley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Natural Rhythm&#8221; is an artistic screen that blocks mechanical boxes on the outside of the beautiful new St. Cloud Public Library. A two-judge panel picked it as one of only two Minnesota public arts projects worth mentioning this year at the 2009 Americans for the Arts convention last week in Seattle. The piece was created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Book Awards Gala held Saturday, April 25, 2009</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=129</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jym Wroblewski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a good night for authors at the 21st annual Minnesota Book Awards on Saturday evening, April 25, 2009. Kao Kalia Yang&#8217;s book about her family&#8217;s journey from Thailand to St. Paul, &#8220;The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir,&#8221; won the memoir/creative nonfiction award and the readers&#8217; choice award. 
The Friends of the St. Paul [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACRL Award Presentation to U of Mn, 4/22 &#8211; Open to Public</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=126</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join in the celebration! Wednesday, April 22, the University of Minnesota Libraries will be presented with the 2009 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award by ACRL President Erika Linke during a ceremony on campus. Kudos are in order &#8211; vision and hard work resulted in this national recognition.
Celebration Details:
Free and Open to the Public
3-5pm (Refreshments served [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nominate a Young Leader for a $2,500 Barron Prize</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=119</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Pomerantz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To quote the North Carolina colleague who forwarded this to me: &#8220;It would be great to have a teen win for a project they did with their library!&#8221;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
NOMINATE A YOUNG LEADER FOR A $2,500 BARRON PRIZE!
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, founded by author T.A. Barron, seeks nominations for its 2009 awards. The Barron [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Book Awards &#8211; Readers&#8217; Choice Award</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=117</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jym Wroblewski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help pick the winner of the MN Book Awards Readers&#8217; Choice Award sponsored by TwinCities.com and the Pioneer Press.
Finalists have been chosen for this year&#8217;s MN Book Awards gala and now you are invited to vote for the Readers&#8217; Choice Award. Vote anytime between March 1 and April 10, 2009.  
Here&#8217;s how:

Visit TwinCities.com website and click [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Minnesota Public Libraries Receive Starred Ratings From Library Journal</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=109</link>
		<comments>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=109#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Pomerantz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Library Journal has released the first annual LJ Index of Public Library Service, which rates 7,115 public libraries among nine peer groups, as measured by total expenditures, on visits, circulation, public Internet computer usage and program attendance. View Index. Those libraries with exemplary public usage received between three and five stars based on criteria determined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOI Award Nominations (MN)      Feb. 13 Deadline</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=97</link>
		<comments>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=97#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Know someone who has demonstrated commitment to openness in government and the public&#8217;s right to know? Consider a nomination for this Minnesota award.
“Each year, the Minnesota Coalition of Government Information (COGI) presents the John R. Finnegan Award to honor a Minnesotan or Minnesota institution whose work demonstrates leadership and commitment to the power of information [...]]]></description>
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