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		<title>2-page graphic summary of library value</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=439</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 17:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library Value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Libraries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[How Libraries Stack Up 2010]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far this is one of my favorite handouts on the value of libraries to our communities. This is easy to look at and conveys unexpected information, gathered from reputable reseach. Share with staff, trustees, decision-makers, the community!
How Libraries Stack Up: 2010 (April 2010)
If you want to make a powerpoint presentation, two templates are available for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Economic Impact of Immigrants in Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=330</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Humphrey Institute just released a new study, The Economic Impact of Immigrants in Minnesota.  The 54-page study is very readable.  Since libraries frequently look for current data on the state&#8217;s immigrant populations, here are some excerpts from the one-page Executive Summary.

The foreign-born population comprises 7% of the entire population in Minnesota, compared to 13% nationwide, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Reference and “Do It Yourself” Resources (Guest Blogger, Sara Galligan)</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=227</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reference]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to Sara Galligan, Ramsey County Law Library, for preparing this entry:
 
Do patrons appear in your library as a first step in their search for legal help?  If so, self help resources are available on court and legal aid websites.  Public librarians can help promote self help legal information, including online materials for low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robbinsdale Schools to Study Effectiveness of Interactive Whiteboards</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=221</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MN Libraries in the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MN Library Staff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Library Media Programs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jane Prestebak]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[School library media specialist and Robbinsdale schools program director for media and instruction technology, Jane Prestebak, was quoted in yesterday&#8217;s Star Tribune article, &#8220;Interactive boards get screened in class&#8221;. *
Jane and her district are working to find out whether interactive whiteboards make a difference in student achievement. See the article for the details. Jane clarified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Digital Divide is alive and with us.&#8221;-FOLUSA Director</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=210</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Divide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Library Associations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Access Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FOLUSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MLA Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sally Reed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the grassroots advocacy luncheon today, Sally Reed, FOLUSA (Friends of the Library USA) reinforced why it&#8217;s so important to get the word out about what libraries do and why it matters.  If they are to support and fund libraries, the public and decision-makers have to understand the role of the library in creating an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bertot: The Effect of Public Access Technologies on Libraries</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=152</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Continuing Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Measuring Library Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Access Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jon carlo bertot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Access Technologies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jon Bertot&#8217;s writing about the use of the Internet in libraries has been so easy to understand that I once asked him about his background. Apparently there was a time when he worked with legislators and had to put things in language the average member of the public could understand.
Last night I read his new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Library Return on Investment</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=110</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Walker Smalley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Library Value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a brief Webliography on studies on Library Return on Investment studies on the blog It&#8217;s all good. It&#8217;s all good is blog maintained by four OCLC staff members. This post is by George Needham. Stephen Abram pointed to the post in his blog and added a link to one of his articles The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job-Seeking in US Public Libraries (New ALA Issues Brief)</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=91</link>
		<comments>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=91#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library Value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Measuring Library Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tough Economic Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community technology hubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-government services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job-seeking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online collections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patron training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is an amazing new issues brief – easy-to-read, filled with data and talking points that library staff and supporters will be able to use in talking to decision-makers.  It describes the world of US public libraries very well.
ALA Press Release: http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/february2009/orsissuesbrief.cfm
Issue Brief: Job-Seeking in US Public Libraries (.pdf; published February 2009)
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/ors/plftas/IssuesBrief-Jobs.pdf
Topics:
Job-Seekers Go Online, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Awareness to Funding: A Study of Library Support in America Video</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=58</link>
		<comments>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=58#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Walker Smalley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minitex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OCLC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you missed Cathy De Rosa’s Minitex-sponsored presentation concerning the OCLC report From Awareness to Funding:  A study of library support in America a videotape of the presentation is available on the Past Events page of the MINITEX website.
OCLC’s Global Vice President of Marketing and Principal Contributor for the study, which was funded by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Youth</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=54</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Walker Smalley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libraries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to point you toward this post on Stephen&#8217;s Lighthouse blog (Stephen Abram is VP of Innovation at SirsiDynix and is a big thinker in the library world) that is a good summary of Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project funded by The John D. and [...]]]></description>
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