[Publib] Breaking News, December 12, 2008, American Libraries Online

[Gordon Flagg]

Breaking News, December 12, 2008, American Libraries Online
<http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/>


> WorldCat Policy Revision Draws Librarians' Ire

> Philadelphia Still on Track for Branch Closings

> Wayne State University Turns LIS Program into School

> Anti-Piracy Statute Gets Challenged

> Libraries Nix Dissed Christmas Displays


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