[Publib] Breaking News, May 5 American Libraries Online

[Gordon Flagg]

Breaking News, May 5 American Libraries Online
<http://www.ala.org/alonline/>;

> OCLC and RLG Plan to Combine Operations

> Net Neutrality Fight Heats Up in Congress

> House Subcommittee Moves to Block Smithsonian-Showtime Deal

> First Lady's Hurricane Fund Makes First School Library Grants

> FBI Director Questioned on Patriot Act

> Basement Fire Damages University of New Mexico Collection

> Brandeis Students Protest Removal of Palestinian Art

> Salinas Moves Ahead with Plan to Restore Library Hours

> Protests Save Indiana University Library Branch


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