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Data Storytelling: Structures and Strategies

DESCRIPTION Despite collecting a tremendous amount of data on activities related to their collections, services, and spaces, libraries often struggle to use the right data to tell the right stories to the right stakeholders. This can be particularly challenging when there is a mismatch between what...

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2018 BROOKFIELD READS! to Feature Rocket Men by Robert Kurson

Brookfield Reads!, the Brookfield Public Library's annual community-wide reading and book discussion initiative returns this spring with New York Times bestselling author Robert Kurson's latest title Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the...

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NEH grant recevied by the Chicago Botanic Garden's Lenhardt Library

The Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden has received a $202,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the conservation and digitization of 62 rare and unique "language of flower" books published in the 19th century. Over the next three-years, the volumes will be...

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Virtual Reality and Gaming Events Earn High Scores

Inspired by the release of the movie version of Ready Player One , a dystopian fantasy where players in a massive virtual reality game search for a hidden fortune, MPPL created an online and real-world scavenger hunt that had patrons trying for high scores on classic video games to unlock clues...

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Amazing Arachnids at Brookfield Zoo

As you begin the process of planning for your summer reading programs, we wanted to make you aware of an opportunity to help promote your programs along with Brookfield Zoo's upcoming summer exhibit – Amazing Arachnids, which is open from May 26 through September 3. The exhibit presents a great...

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LACONI Tech Services: Cataloging Non-Traditional Items

Presenter Karen Snow is an Associate Professor and the PhD Program Director at the School of Information Studies at Dominican University. This interactive workshop will move participants beyond the basics of Resource Description & Access (RDA) into more advanced cataloging territory. The...

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College of DuPage Library and Information Technology program

The College of DuPage Library and Information Technology program: Registration for Summer 2018 classes is underway for new and returning students. All summer courses will be offered online. For further information, please contact Carol Sturz, Coordinator, College of DuPage Library & Information...

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Rock Island Library Adds New Seed Library to its Growing Collection

The Rock Island Public Library introduced a new Seed Library to its collection of services April 5. Residents of the library's service area in Rock Island and the Milan-Blackhawk Area Public Library District are free to take five free seed packets, while supplies last. A library card is not...

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Evanston Public Library Hosts Human Library: April 15, 1 - 4 pm

The 1st Human Library in Evanston is almost here! Check out a living "Book" for a few minutes, engage in dialogue, learn about someone whose experiences may differ from yours. The "Books" are community members who share their experience of prejudice and/or discrimination based on race, religion,...

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Sam Weller discusses Ray Bradbury and Listen to The Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews

The Friends of The Library welcome Sam Weller (Associate Professor, English/Creative Writing Department) who will discuss and sign copies of the new edition of Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews (Hat and Beard Press, 2017). Photo: Philip Dembinski. Sam Weller is the authorized...

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