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<h1 align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
.1in;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:22.5pt'>Neil Gaiman named
Honorary Chair of National Library Week<span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>CHICAGO – Author Neil Gaiman, winner
of this year’s Newbery Medal for "The Graveyard Book," has been
named the 2010 Honorary Chair of National Library Week, which will be
celebrated April 11-17.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>As Honorary Chair, Gaiman will appear in
both print and radio public service announcements (PSA) and a podcast and will
participate in a National Library Week event developed by the American Library
Association’s Campaign for America’s Libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Other materials are currently available in
both English and Spanish, focusing on the 2010 National Library Week theme
“Communities thrive @ your library.” They include a proclamation,
sample press release and letter-to-the-editor, as well as scripts for use in
radio public service announcements (PSAs). Libraries can download materials at <a
href="http://www.ala.org/nlw">www.ala.org/nlw</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Libraries planning to participate in
“Communities thrive @ your library”- themed programming are
encouraged to share their stories with the Campaign for America’s
Libraries, by sending an e-mail to <a href="mailto:atyourlibrary@ala.org">atyourlibrary@ala.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>ALA
Graphics products supporting the “Communities thrive” theme are
also available. In addition to the 2010 National Library Week poster and
bookmark, libraries can also purchase mini poster and new this year, a
downloadable transit sign. National Library Week-themed Web files along with
all Graphics products can be purchased through the ALA Store at<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="http://www.alastore.ala.org/nlw"><span style='color:#000099'>www.alastore.ala.org/nlw</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>National Library Week is a national
observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries
across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of
our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The
Campaign for America’s Libraries (<a
href="http://www.ala.org/@yourlibrary"><span style='color:#000099'>www.ala.org/@yourlibrary</span></a>),
ALA’s public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and
librarians. Thousands of libraries of all types – across the country and around
the globe - use the Campaign’s @ your library® brand. The Campaign is
made possible by ALA’s Library Champions, corporations and foundations
that advocate the importance of the library in American society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>###<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>About
the S.C. State Library<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The
South Carolina State Library is the primary administrator of federal and state
support for the state’s libraries. The Library is a national model for
innovation, collaboration, leadership and effectiveness. The
Library’s mission is to optimize South Carolina’s investment in
library and information services. In 1969, as the result of action by the
General Assembly, the State Library Board was redesignated as the South
Carolina State Library and assumed responsibility for public library
development, library service for state institutions, service for the blind and
physically handicapped, and library service to state government agencies.
Headquartered in Columbia, S.C., the Library is funded by the state of South
Carolina, by the federal government through the Institute of Museum and Library
Services, and other sources. For more information, visit </span><a
href="http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>www.statelibrary.sc.gov</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> or call
803-734-8666.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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