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		<title>Linda Covington Retirement Reception</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preston Library celebrated the retirement of Linda Covington, Head of Technical Services, on April 29. Linda worked in Preston Library for 42 years. Gen. Peay presented Linda with a VMI Achievement Award and Col. Samdahl commented on Linda&#8217;s contributions to Preston Library and presented her with gifts from the library staff. A large number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live!  From Preston Library, it&#8217;s Saturday Night!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back by popular demand, it&#8217;s Saturday Night Live at the Library! We’ll be open until 2300 each Saturday night from now until the end of exams &#8211; April 17 and 24 and May 1 and 8. No reruns, opening monologue, or music guests&#8211;just a good place to study and finish the semester strong!]]></description>
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		<title>National Women&#8217;s History Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lt. Col. Holly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March 2010, we are celebrating 30 years of recognition of women&#8217;s historic contributions to the growth and strength of our Nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways.  It was President Jimmy Carter who issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the week of March 8, 1980 as the first National Women&#8217;s History Week.  Later the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Friends of Preston Library 2010 Spring Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Friends of Preston Library in concert with the VMI Honors Program hosted a program Wednesday, 3 March 2010 at 5 p.m. in the Turman Room of Preston Library featuring James L. W. West, III. Dr. West is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. He discussed his book on William Styron, Letters to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee, tea, hot chocolate&#8211;the Sequel!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cadets, it&#8217;s the home stretch.  Exams start Monday.  This means two things: 1. The library will be open late (see below hours schedule) so you can get in some quality studying. and… 2. The return of Preston Library’s Coffee Break! Last December and May you came, you saw, you drank hundreds of cups of coffee, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Reference Librarian</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to welcome Maj. Accacia Flanagan to Preston Library. She joins our Reference Department along with Lt. Col. Janet Holly. Maj. Flanagan recently received her master&#8217;s degree in library science from Simmons College. Her B.A. degree is from Smith College. Prior to coming to VMI she worked at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Banned Books Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lt. Col. Holly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrate YOUR Freedom to read and right to choose your book during Banned Books Week, September 3 to October 3. Most of the books featured during Banned Books Week were not banned due to the efforts of librarians who fought to keep them in their collections.  Just imagine how many more books might be challenged—and possibly banned or restricted—if librarians, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome New Faculty!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Circulation&#8211;Generous loan policies facilitate your academic endeavors. For details, see Circulation Information for Faculty or contact Lt. Col. Susan Hastings at 464-7607. Course Reserves&#8211;Course Reserves includes print, audio-visual, and electronic materials, selected by faculty for use in their classes. See detailed information about Submitting Materials for Course Reserves or contact Lt. Col. Susan Hastings at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee Time!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capt. Carrato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preston Library presents the return of the Exam Week coffee break!  ]]></description>
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		<title>Take the Survey Win Some Pizza!</title>
		<link>http://www.prestonlibrary.net/blog/events/337/survey-win-some-pizza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capt. Carrato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cadets! Help the library to improve, take our survey.  You could win free pizzas.]]></description>
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