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		<title>Looking Back at a Record Year</title>
		<link>http://blog.westervillelibrary.org/director/?p=166</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For more than 80 years our mission has been to provide the best services possible. I hope you feel we were successful in doing so in 2012. Thanks to our community’s support, the library was able to reopen on Sundays, purchase many more materials, invest more heavily in electronic books and magazines, and offer more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re-innovating Ourselves</title>
		<link>http://blog.westervillelibrary.org/director/?p=145</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The old adage “If you’re not moving forward; you’re moving backward” has never been truer than it is in today’s rapidly changing environment. To ensure the library’s continued movement forward, we have been conducting an extensive market analysis, examining who uses the library, how our patrons use the library, and the technology trends that affect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dream Big and Read This Summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer reading kicked off May 30 and is in full gear. Thousands of children have enrolled in the Dream Big… Read! program. They will read thousands of hours this summer, earning the chance to decorate stars for our library “sky” and receive their choice of a book thanks to sponsorship by the Friends of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Library Is Moving Forward</title>
		<link>http://blog.westervillelibrary.org/director/?p=121</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Executive Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 4, the library celebrated our re-opening on Sundays. Over 1,000 people came to the library,  with large numbers attending a magic show complete with balloon animals, enjoying music in the atrium and picking up a magnet as a reminder of our new hours. We are excited about our ability to re-open on Sundays [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Support Has Created a Promising 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Executive Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For over 80 years, our mission has been to provide the best services possible to the citizens of the Westerville Public Library district. Your passage of the levy on November 8 allows us to continue that great tradition. We are extremely grateful to you and wish to extend our deepest thanks for your support as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you, Westerville!</title>
		<link>http://blog.westervillelibrary.org/director/?p=114</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Executive Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone associated with the library wants to extend their most heartfelt appreciation to our community for yesterday&#8217;s election results. Everyday we strive to provide the very best services we can to an outstanding community. These election results reaffirm the community&#8217;s appreciation for what we do and the trust you have in us. For that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are a 5-star library, again!</title>
		<link>http://blog.westervillelibrary.org/director/?p=113</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Executive Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westerville Public Library has once again been recognized nationally as a “Star Library” and awarded a 5-star rating—the highest possible—in the LJ Index of Public Library Service 2011, released yesterday by Library Journal. The LJ report scored 7,513 public libraries and identified 262 star libraries nationally – with only 85 receiving a five-star ranking. Scoring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Library Funding</title>
		<link>http://blog.westervillelibrary.org/director/?p=112</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Executive Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How is the Library Funded? The Public Library Fund (PLF) is funded with 1.97% of the total tax revenue received by the State of Ohio and divided among the 251 public libraries in Ohio. While the PLF remains our primary source of funding, the amount of revenue it provides continues to fall. State funding of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Need your Support November 8th!</title>
		<link>http://blog.westervillelibrary.org/director/?p=110</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This November 8th is a critical election for the future of the Westerville Public Library!  The 42% reduction in State Funding has had a significant impact on your library.  Since 2007, the library has reduced staff, implemented a salary freeze in 2010, closed on Sundays, drastically reduced our materials budget, and made many other significant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protect Our Library</title>
		<link>http://blog.westervillelibrary.org/director/?p=109</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Executive Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, November 8, our citizens will be asked to help protect the hub of information, learning and activity for our community &#8211; the Westerville Public Library. A replacement levy is needed to ensure that hours, materials and services are brought back to normal levels, after suffering reductions due to continuing cuts in state funding. [...]]]></description>
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