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Amazon.com is nervous about the issue of collecting sales tax, but the e-commerce giant would still do well even if it had to tax sales at the same rate as its traditional retail rivals....
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CHICAGO - Meet the librarians and community members who are fighting to keep library materials on the shelves in West Bend, Wis. at this year's American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for "American Library Association" Tue, Jun 30 2009 21:00:37 EDT
The library world lost a great leader in April with the death of Judith Fingeret Krug, the long-time director of the American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) and executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF)....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for "American Library Association" Tue, Jun 30 2009 20:59:48 EDT
CHICAGO - The Ohio Senate has decided for the time being to remove the state's libraries from the chopping block. The Senate passed a continuing resolution and approved an interim budget, delaying until July 7 its decision on how to plug a $3.2-billion gap in its $54-billion budget....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for "American Library Association" Tue, Jun 30 2009 20:59:29 EDT
The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) and the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) invites you for a sweet ending to your Sunday evening at the ASCLA/COSLA dessert reception and silent auction, from 9 to 11:30 p.m. Sunday, July 12, in the Chicago D room at the Chicago Marriott, 540 N. Michigan Ave....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for "American Library Association" Tue, Jun 30 2009 20:59:04 EDT
David Goldsmith, of Reisterstown, served on the Baltimore County Board of Library Trustees from 1995 - 2008 and is a board member of the Foundation for BCPL. He is to be honored this month by the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations, a division of the American Library Association....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for "American Library Association" Tue, Jun 30 2009 16:47:58 EDT
AP - Amazon.com has cut ties with Rhode Island Web sites that make referrals to the online retailer because a law designed to collect sales taxes on these transactions will soon come into force, the Providence Journal reported Tuesday....
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More than 100 American Library Association volunteers from across the country will help reorganize, catalog, clean, and weed and shelve books at nine Chicago school libraries on June 10 as part of a daylong community service effort during ALA's annual conference in the Windy City, from July 9-15....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for "American Library Association" Tue, Jun 30 2009 3:00:40 EDT
A new American Library Association (ALA) Web site -- Get a Job! , http://getajob.ala.org -- offers library-job seekers advice, resources, links, best practices and real-life examples....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for "American Library Association" Mon, Jun 29 2009 20:59:05 EDT
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the launch of a new e-Learning Frequent Learner Program to help academic and research librarians maximize their professional development dollars during these challenging economic times....
From: Yahoo! News Search Results for "American Library Association" Mon, Jun 29 2009 20:58:56 EDT