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State Library’s ‘Smartest Card’ Campaign Gets National Attention

September 24, 2009 – 4:24 pm

RALEIGH – The American Library Association (ALA) www.ala.org, headquartered in Chicago, has once again recognized an innovative North Carolina campaign that encourages more people to carry the “smartest card” – the library card. “For the fourth year in a row,” says the ALA, “the State Library of North Carolina is proving that the smartest [...]

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Library Use Up Sharply in North Carolina

January 16, 2009 – 11:07 am

RALEIGH—Nearly five million North Carolinians are card-carrying library users, and their use of libraries is up sharply, reported the State Library today. Growth in materials being checked out, customer visits, and especially internet use at libraries continues a trend. “Some counties report as much as a 45% increase in computer use since the holidays compared [...]

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