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Interviews with Illinois Legislators from the North Suburban Library System's Legislative Breakfast.

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Get in the know. Learn how to calculate the return on investment for each visit you make to your library using the North Suburban Library System ROI Calculator, www.nsls.info/roi. The Evanston Public Library offers a great return to families with their new cutting edge children's department. The Palatine Public Library has a new director and also in Palatine, the Harper Community College Library staff focuses efforts on meeting the needs of their students.

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What's New in Libraries? is an award-winning cable show which aims to showcase the events, programs, and people that make libraries vibrant community centers. Sarah Long, the host, also writes a weekly column for Chicago's Daily Herald, which highlights opportunities and issues in the library world.

About the Host, Sarah Long

Sarah Long, host Sarah is the director of the North Suburban Library System and host of What's New in Libraries? As a recent past president of the American Library Association, Sarah uses her motivational speeches, weekly Daily Herald newspaper column, and radio and television appearances to advocate locally and nationally for libraries.