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Librarianship as an American profession began in 1887 when the first library school was opened by Melvil Dewey at Columbia College in New York.Today, there are thousands of loveable librarians working in all types of libraries from academic, public, private to school libraries.  

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Fashion "don'ts" are trends or specific outfits considered to be unsuccessful, unfashionable, and potentially embarrassing, while fashion "dos" are considered successful trends that should be followed. The practice of keeping up with trends in this way may have originated with Glamour magazine, who first began featuring their "Dos and Don'ts" list in 1939. 

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This button was given to children participating in the Texas Summer Reading Program in 1991. The Texas Summer Reading Program is an initiative in public libraries to keep children reading and engaged in learning activities throughout the summer months. In 1991, the theme for the program was “Camp Wanna-Read”.

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Innovative Interfaces, Inc. is a software company that produces and sells library automation systems to libraries. The company was founded in Berkeley, California in 1978. Their key products include Sierra, Polaris, Millennium, and Virtua, with customers in 66 countries. Innovative was acquired by ProQuest in January 2020.

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Innovative Interfaces, Inc. is a software company that produces and sells library automation systems to libraries. The company was founded in Berkeley, California in 1978. Their key products include Sierra, Polaris, Millennium, and Virtua, with customers in 66 countries. Innovative was acquired by ProQuest in January 2020. 

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People's dislike for excessive meetings has become a common complaint making its way to humor and pop culture. A study published in the MIT Sloan Management Review found that meetings are getting longer and decreasing productivity (2007).

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This button was made for the Village of Voorheesville Centennial Celebration. Voorheesville, New York is located within the town of New Scotland in Albany County. Named after railroad attorney, Alonzo B. Voorhees, Voorheesville was incorporated in 1899 after a village grew around the crossing of two railroads.

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2001 marked the 75^th anniversary of the publication of A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh (1926). Milne (1882 – 1956) initially created the character of Winnie the Pooh as part of a bedtime story about his son’s stuffed animals. The stories about the adventures of a boy named Christopher Robin and his toy animals were eventually published in Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). The books were illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (1879 – 1976).

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Ike LaRue is the main character in the Ike LaRue children’s book series, written and illustrated by Mark Teague. Ike LaRue is the devilish dog hero of the series. His owner, Mrs. LaRue, sends Ike to obedience school after a number of incidents of bad behavior. But after dropping out of obedience school he is entangled in different adventures. In the book, Detective LaRue: Letters from the Investigation, Ike finds himself in jail, wrongly accused of terrorizing the Hibbins' cats and stealing their cat treats.

Mark Teague has written more than 20 picture books, as well as illustrating many other children's books. 

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This design likely refers to Tales from Catland, for Little Kittens by Tabitha Grimalkin, a juvenile fiction book which was first published in 1852. The book remains in print and digitized versions can also be found online. The story centers around three cats living in a magical land with princesses and fairies.