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Urge NYS Assemblymembers to Pass Library Bills

Three of NYLA's Legislative Priorities that have already passed the Senate are currently awaiting action by the NYS Assembly.

With the regular Legislative Session scheduled to end next week, it is urgent that library advocates contact their Assemblymembers to urge them to have these bills reported to the floor for a vote.

All three bills would save libraries money by;
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Daughter says author Ray Bradbury has died in California

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/story/2012-06-06/ray-bradbury-dies/55417888/1
Libraries Grapple With The Downside Of E-Books

http://www.npr.org/2012/05/29/153900929/libraries-grapple-with-the-downside-of-e-books
Libraries Rethink Their Role in City

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303815404577331910499479218.html
eBooks for Libraries Online Petition
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New York State Board of Regents Accepts 2020 Vision and Plan for Library Service (April 27, 2012)
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Infected PCs may lose Internet in July

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-04-20/internet-woes-infected-pcs/54446044/1
Public Library Users Are Invited to Participate in E-Book Research

Have you ever checked out an e-book from your public library?

The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, a non-profit research organization in Washington, DC, is conducting an online survey of public library patrons who borrow e-books. If you have checked out or downloaded e-books from a public library, please consider taking Pew Internet’s survey, available at the link below. All responses will be confidential, although your answers may be quoted anonymously in a future report. The survey should take about 15 minutes.
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Celebrate National Library Week 2012 (April 8-14)!

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

http://www.atyourlibrary.org/national-library-week

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