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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>Preston Library Exams Hours and Coffee</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preston Library will extend hours for the exam period, beginning this Saturday night: Saturday, May 1               0800 – 2300 Sunday, May 2                  1300 – 0200 Monday, May 3                0800 – 0200 Tuesday, May [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frances Camper Award 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Friends of Preston Library awarded Head Cadet Assistant Berley Rister with this year&#8217;s Camper Award.  Mr. Rister began his service as a cadet assistant in the summer of 2008. As a cadet assistant, Mr. Rister continued to accept greater responsibilities, and as Head Cadet Assistant, he exhibited outstanding leadership and service. Joining in the [...]]]></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>Live!  From Preston Library, it&#8217;s Saturday Night!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lt. Col. Hastings</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back, by popular demand, it's Saturday Night Live at the Library!  We'll be open until 2300 this Saturday, March 6.

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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>It’s a rough week to like books.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maj. Flanagan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That’s what a friend said after he learned of the recent death of a great writer for the second time in as many days.  You’ve probably heard by now that both Howard Zinn and J.D. Salinger passed away this week.  Their deaths should not come as a surprise – at 87 and 91 respectively,  Zinn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated SourceFinder</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maj. Flanagan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you found yourself ready to start a project but not sure where to go? It can sometimes be a challenge to find the best encyclopedia or dictionary to use for background information. The extensive list of research databases provided by VMI and VIVA (the Virtual Library of Virginia) can be overwhelming. is a resource [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee, tea, hot chocolate&#8211;the Sequel!</title>
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		<comments>http://www.prestonlibrary.net/blog/events/779/coffee-tea-hot-chocolate-the-sequel/#comments</comments>
		<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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