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		<title>Bold Initiative to Eradicate Cluelessness by 2050</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Library Association Aims to Eradicate Cluelessness by 2050 (PCWorld.com)
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		<title>Volunteer(s) needed to coordinate the Silent Auction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Walker Smalley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Library Foundation is currently seeking a chair/chairs for this year’s Silent Auction at the MLA conference. The Silent Auction chair(s) is responsible for the planning, organizing, and (ultimately) implementation of the auction. Interested? Questions? Contact Belinda Lawrence at belawrence@stkate.edu or 651-690-6648.
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		<title>Emerging Leaders in Our Midst</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Library Associations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MN Libraries in the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MN Library Staff]]></category>
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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>&#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>
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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>Follow MLA on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=209</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Library 2.0]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to see what&#8217;s happening during MLA, visit http://twitter.com and search for the hashtags, #mla09 and #mla2009.
Fun fact from program D3: Ann Treacy reported that 80% of Twitter users use their cell phone (requires a text-message option on your cell phone plan), 20% use their computer online (requires an Internet connection).
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		<title>MLA Conference is on the move</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few hundred library staff have gathered in St. Cloud for the Minnesota Library Association conference. There&#8217;s good energy in the building. Met Cathy Wurzer yesterday&#8211;that was fun. Set up a Professional Table for State Library Services &#8211; come visit us there.  Took photos of library staff today. As soon as I find someone with blue tooth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support Staff and Paraprofessionals (SSPiN) at MLA</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=188</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Continuing Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Library support staff and paraprofessionals have a few options for participating in the upcoming Minnesota Library Association (MLA) conference. MLA&#8217;s section for Support Staff and Paraprofessionals (SSPiN) announced these opportunities today.
Nominate colleagues for the &#8220;Una Lamb Paraprofessional of the Year Award&#8221; and the &#8220;SSPiN Advocate Award&#8221;: http://mnlibraryassociation.org/about-mla/awards/
Attend the SSPiN fall business meeting: Thursday, October 15, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MLA Annual Conference Registration Now Open</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=187</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help promote the Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference, just a few weeks away!  Senior Designer and Webgoddess, Kendra Myers, reported today that MLA conference registration is now open. (I didn&#8217;t know MLA had a Webgoddess. Awesome!) 
Here&#8217;s the scoop:
The Minnesota Library Association is pleased to announce that registration is now open for its 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MLA/RART Offers Read Dating to Librarians and Reading Public</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Walker Smalley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library Associations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Library Association Readers&#8217; Advisory Round Table asks,
Are you reading so much that dating has fallen by the wayside? Looking for good times as well as good books? Maybe you should try Read Dating!
Here is the description:
The first round is a mixer. You (along with every other participant) will draw a question such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALA&#8217;s CE round table has a new name!</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=161</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Continuing Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Library Associations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CLENE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CLENERT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Minnesota library staff with responsibility for training or staff development have been members of the ALA round table, CLENERT, also known as CLENE. Today ALA Council approved a name change &#8212; the Continuing Library Education and Networking Exchange Round Table (CLENERT) will now be called the Learning Round Table (Learn).
Context, from Council Document #27.1: [...]]]></description>
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