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New Bright Ideas Program Recognizes Innovative Government Programs

October 4, 2010
Contact
Kate Hoagland - kate_hoagland@harvard.edu
Alternate Contact
Angela Gregory - agregory@aclib.us

Cambridge, Mass., – September 29, 2010 – Today the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, announced 173 government programs selected for its newly-created Bright Ideas program. In its inaugural year, Bright Ideas is designed to recognize and share creative government initiatives around the country with interested public sector, nonprofit, and academic communities.

Fall Collector's Corner items of interest announced

September 23, 2010
Contact
Sarah Harrison - dzigatoo@aol.com
Alternate Contact
FOL Book House - 352-375-1676

GAINESVILLE, FL – Friends of the Library announce the much anticipated Fall 2010 Collector’s Corner featured items of interest.

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Vladimir Nabokov, 1941. 1st edition; one of only 750 copies in the burlap red covers.

The Wayward Bus, John Steinbeck, 1947, 1st edition.

Atonement, Ian McEwan, 2002, 1st edition, signed.

The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice, 1985, 1st edition, signed.

Alachua County Named One of the Nation’s 100 Best Communities for Young People

September 21, 2010
Contact
Ester Tibbs - 352-955-5012
Alternate Contact
Colleen Wilber - colleenw@americaspromise.org

 Competition Recognizes Communities Taking Action to Create Brighter Futures for Young People

 Alachua County, Fla.—The efforts of Alachua County civic and community leaders were honored today when America’s Promise Alliance (the Alliance), the nation’s largest partnership organization dedicated to youth and children, announced Alachua County had been named a winner of the Alliance’s 100 Best Communities for Young People (100 Best) competition. Its 2010 recognition marks the first win for Alachua County in the competition.

UF’s Humanities Center examines the evolution of libraries in public life

September 15, 2010
Contact
Bonnie Effros - humanities-center@ufl.edu
Alternate Contact
Angela Gregory - agregory@aclib.us

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A six-part fall speaker series on the public’s access to books and their future begins Thursday at the University of Florida and Alachua County Library District.

UF President Bernie Machen will open the series with an invitation to public debate about the future of libraries.