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Jesse White awards public library construction grants - Quad Cities Onlines

SPRINGFIELD--Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has awarded FY2010 Live and Learn Construction Grants to twenty-four Illinois public libraries to help pay for essential capital improvements. "This important grant program helps public ...

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Local libraries' selection focuses on refugees - Pantagraph

BLOOMINGTON -- The Bloomington and Normal Public Libraries are again teaming up for their annual community ... The pair also will speak at 4 p.m. in Beckman Auditorium at Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University about the building of Pongborong ...

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Event shows library use up - Batavia Sun

It was called "Snapshot -- One Day in the Life of Illinois Libraries" and the Feb. 10 event lived up to its name. At the Naperville Public Library, more than 100 people participated in "Snapshot" They smiled for cameras, talked on videotape and told ...

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The Papers of Abraham Lincoln — State bar president ... - Daily Republican Register

... affiliate the Illinois Bar Foundation, purchased sets of the books for all 102 Illinois counties as a contribution to the Illinois Bicentennial celebration of Lincoln's birth on Feb. 12, 2009. "Public libraries throughout the state will now have ...

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Applications for grants being taken - Quincy Herald-Whig

Grants from these funds can be made throughout the Community Foundation's 13-county geographic service area: Adams, Brown, Hancock and Pike counties in Illinois; Clark, Knox ... org; picked up at public libraries in the 13-county service area ...

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Southern Illinois Residents Lose Communication Due to ... - Associated Content

Several counties in the southern Illinois area experienced ... Local libraries use an online cable Dynex system to check out books for patrons and this service was not interrupted. The phone service at the Crab Orchard Public Library in eastern ...

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Libraries are the hot community gathering spot - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Libraries, typically quiet spaces, are making a lot of noise these days. Construction crews are expanding the Kirkwood Public Library and will replace a branch in St ... In Illinois, the number of visitors increased by 11 percent and computer use by ...

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A clean start - NWI.com

The renovation was part of the Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for Transformation, which mandated a total renewal of its stock of public homes.  Beginning in 2000 ... There are no grocery stores, libraries or businesses within walking distance of ...

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Summer registration starts March 22 at PSC - NWI.com

Schedules are mailed to district households and are available at public libraries. To register, new students must first complete an enrollment application either in person or online. Hours of operation for the Enrollment Services Office are from 8 a ...

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Westgate public comment period begins - Commercial News

... Westgate area is a combination of the mixed use and tourism alternatives that were presented at the last public meeting ... be reviewed at the libraries in Georgetown, Westville, Catlin and Danville and at the University of Illinois Extension ...

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Illinois Public Libraries
Illinois Public Libraries. This page contains a list of public libraries in Illinois. If you do not see a link to your local branch library, please check out the library ...

Oak Park Public Library :: Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Genealogical and reference information, events, and services; Oak Park, IL.

Home - Chicago Public Library
Library hours and access policy, online card catalog, locations and list of services. Includes information on the Harold Washington Library Center and neighborhood libraries.

Bloomington Public Library › Books are just the ...
Bloomington Public Library website’s provides a place for all ... Whether you want to find information, use the library, see ... 205 E. Olive St., Bloomington, IL 61702 › Get ...

Bensenville Community Public Library
Information on library services, the community, and contacts; Bensenville, IL.

Plainfield Public Library District - Plainfield ...
Plainfield Public Library District provides Plainfield, Illinois residents with a website that is not only easy to navigate but useful and informative.

Wilmette Public Library
Web site of the Wilmette Public Library District, 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette, IL, 847-256-5025, serving the residents of Wilmette and Kenilworth near Chicago's north shore.

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