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Green way to avoid identity theft
Josh O’Leary
Iowa City Press-Citizen
November 16, 2009
Source: www.press-citizen.com
Excerpt: Workers with ECO Iowa City, a city-led environmental sustainability program, marked America Recycles Day on Sunday by collecting and disposing of personal documents and other sensitive materials at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center. … In the spring, Clark and Jordan are partnering with the rec center and a local group called Backyard Abundance to create a community garden along College Street, with specially designed gardening programs for children. … “We hope that the partnerships among the various groups will continue to grow,” she said.
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Environmental groups need to cooperate
Iowa City Press-Citizen
November 15, 2009
(By Fred Meyer, director of Backyard Abundance, a local environmental education nonprofit.)
Source: www.press-citizen.com
Excerpt: Jen Jordan, the Iowa City Recycling Coordinator, and Maeve Clark, the Iowa City Public Library Information Services Coordinator, are on a mission to improve the environmental resiliency of our community through an initiative they created titled “ECO Iowa City.” … ECO Iowa City is a shining example of collaboration and emulating them puts us on a bright path of mutually-beneficial relationships and actions.
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Date for Iowa City Book Festival set
Iowa City Press-Citizen
November 14, 2009
Source: www.press-citizen.com
Excerpt: The Iowa City Book Festival, a celebration of books, reading and writing presented by the University of Iowa Libraries, will be July 17, 2010. … The planning committee already has begun work on next summer’s festivities. Members of the committee include … Debb Green, Iowa City Public Library, kids’ programming …
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Comedian Paula Poundstone returns to Iowa City
By Tyler Lyon
The Daily Iowan
November 12, 2009
Source: www.dailyiowan.com
Excerpt: … Poundstone … is also the 2009 spokeswoman for the Association of Library Trustees Advocates Friends & Foundations. The comedian will donate a percentage of the proceeds from her book, There’s Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say, to the Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St. She said she used to believe tax dollars paid for libraries, but most funding comes from chapter groups through book sales. She said people are not aware of libraries’ source of income, and it is important to keep them well-funded. Poundstone also said she does not see libraries going away anytime soon — even if they’re free. She compared library support to the health-care debate. “It’s remarkable something so great and valuable stays free,” she said. “They said the library is the public option in books, and it hasn’t put Barnes & Noble under.” Her love for literature is apparent in her personal life, and she sometimes reads to her kids over the phone. Her three children are not allowed to watch TV, but they enjoy such books as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the Hardy Boys series.
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Users now can access LexisNexis
Iowa City Press-Citizen
November 14, 2009
Source: www.press-citizen.com
Excerpt: LexisNexis Library Express allows patrons to access more than 9,500 news, business and legal sources. Sources include news, business news and trade publications, legal research, company information, include SEC filings, biographical information and patents.
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Library adds Mango Languages service
Iowa City Press-Citizen
November 6, 2009
Source: www.press-citizen.com
Excerpt: Mango Languages is an online language-learning system that teaches actual conversation skills through visual and audio instruction for a wide variety of languages. Mango uses real-life situations and conversations to more effectively teach a new language.
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For more information, contact:
April Jo Harder
Public Relations Specialist
Iowa City Public Library
P: 319-887-6216
E: april-harder@icpl.org
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