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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">Is your Friends group or library celebrating National Friends of Libraries Week, Oct. 18-24? Find sample proclamations, press releases, letters to the editor, and more on the National Friends of Libraries Week page:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.ala.org/united/events_conferences/folweek" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/united/events_conferences/folweek</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">Please let us know what celebrations your group is planning by emailing details and images to <a href="mailto:jkalonick@ala.org" target="_blank">jkalonick@ala.org</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">Submissions for the National Friends of Libraries Week Awards are due <strong>Dec. 2, 2015</strong>:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.ala.org/united/grants_awards/friends/friendsweek" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/united/grants_awards/friends/friendsweek</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">Have a great National Friends of Libraries Week!</span><span></span><span></span></p>
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<p>Reposted to FOML listserv on behalf of:</p>
<p>Jillian Kalonick<span></span><span></span></p>
<p>Marketing/Public Relations Specialist<span></span><span></span></p>
<p>United for Libraries<span></span><span></span></p>
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