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		<title>Tonight&#8217;s Reading by Author Leah Hager Cohen Cancelled Due to Family Emergency</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scheduled reading tonight, May 15, by Leah Hager Cohen had to be cancelled to to an emergency in the author&#8217;s family. We wish her the very best and hope to reschedule the event when it is convenient to do so. Next week, Tuesday May 22, at 6:30 PM, The South End Writes will host [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts Library Caucus Came for Breakfast at BPL on March 21st &#8211;not May 21st&#8211; Details to Be Posted in Very Near Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From time to time, one gets egg on one&#8217;s face, and this is one of those times for yours truly: the BPL trustees&#8217; breakfast with the Massachusetts&#8217; Library Caucus took place on March 21, and will not take place on May 21 as I reported earlier. I apologize for the error. A belated report on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Sign of Better Boston/Beacon Hill Library Ties: the Massachusetts Library Caucus is Coming for Breakfast at Copley&#8217;s McKim Building on May 21</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/2012/05/another-sign-of-better-bostonbeacon-hill-library-ties-the-massachusetts-library-caucus-is-coming-for-breakfast-at-copleys-mckim-building-on-may-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 02:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a welcome sign that the BPL is working hard to improve its ties with the State Legislature, it is hosting a breakfast for the state&#8217;s Library Caucus on Monday, May 21.  The caucus is made up of state legislators from all over the Commonwealth who see libraries as their special charge. Since 2008, when two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Author Leah Hager Cohen Will Read From &#8220;The Grief of Others&#8221; on Tuesday, May 15, After an Introduction by South End Novelist Sue Miller</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FOSEL News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South End Writes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The South End Writes will bring author Leah Hager Cohen to the South End Library  on Tuesday May 15th to read from her latest novel, The Grief of Others. She will be introduced by South End novelist Sue Miller, who invited her to speak at the program. The event will start at 6:30 PM. Hager Cohen has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edith Pearlman Will Read at the SE Library May 1, Followed by Fiction Writer and Commentator Leah Hager Cohen (May 15) and Memoirist Christine Chamberlain Accompanied by Custom-Publisher  Jane Karker (May 22)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The South End Writes authors&#8217; series will be in full swing in May when authors Edith Pearlman and Leah Hager Cohen will read from recent work at the South End branch on Tuesday, May 1 and Tuesday, May 15, respectively. They will be introduced by local novelist Sue Miller, who invited them. Edith Pearlman&#8217;s much-prized collection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOSEL Wins $8,000 Grant from PRUPac for Handicapped-accessible Door at South End Library</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Friends of the South End Library is pleased to report that our request for a grant from the PRU Pac Community Benefits Committee has been approved!! This grant, combined with generous donations from private donors and library patrons will ensure that the handicapped-accessible door will be installed as soon as PRUPac&#8217;s funds become available. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Award-winning Author Edith Pearlman Will Read from Her Bestseller, &#8220;Binocular Vision,&#8221; at the South End Branch on May 1, with an Introduction by South End Novelist Sue Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/2012/04/award-winning-author-edith-pearlman-will-read-from-her-bestseller-binocular-vision-at-the-south-end-branch-on-may-1-with-an-introduction-by-south-end-novelist-sue-miller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library Event]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good luck trying to find a hard-cover copy of Edith Pearlman&#8217;s latest short-story collection, Binocular Vision, at any of the local bookstores. Barnes and Noble is out. Trident Books and Raven Used Books are out. Brookline Booksmith is out. The publisher is out. And there&#8217;s a long waiting list at the Boston Public Library for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reminder: The Easter Bunny Will Visit Library Park Sunday, April 8, at 11:00 AM</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/2012/04/reminder-the-easter-bunny-will-visit-library-park-sunday-april-8-at-1100-am/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FOSEL News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Easter Bunny will visit the Fifth Annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Friends of the South End Library, Sunday, April 8, at 11:00 AM, right after the Egg Hunt in Ringgold Park sponsored by their Friends group, which starts at 10:00 AM. There will be refreshments, a separate area for tiny hunters, and police [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BPL&#8217;s Homework Assistance Program (HAP), Popular at SE Branch and Elsewhere, to Be Cut After Twelve Years; Effectiveness Data Not Collected by BPL Administration; Librarians Upset</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/2012/04/bpls-popular-homework-assistance-program-hap-to-be-cut-after-twelve-years-reportedly-due-to-lack-of-outcome-data-collected-by-bpl-administration-librarians-very-upset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/2012/04/bpls-popular-homework-assistance-program-hap-to-be-cut-after-twelve-years-reportedly-due-to-lack-of-outcome-data-collected-by-bpl-administration-librarians-very-upset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long-time popular Homework Assistance Program (HAP) available at most BPL neighborhood libraries and the Main Library will be discontinued at the end of this school year in May. The news came to the branches in an out-of-the-blue email at the end of March from  Jessica Snow, the recently hired Youth Services Coordinator for the BPL. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;New Busy-ness&#8221; Measure Is Not Meant to &#8220;Compare&#8221; Branch Performance But to Assess &#8220;Reach&#8221; of Library Services into Neighborhood, Says BPL&#8217;s Spokeswoman Gina Perelli</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Save our Libraries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent measure by BPL administrators to redefine what makes a branch &#8220;busy,&#8221; the so-called &#8220;new Busy,&#8221; is not meant to compare branch libraries competitively, according to Gina Perelli, the library&#8217;s communications director. Perelli also said that the measure was &#8220;proposed&#8221; and &#8220;still looking for input&#8221; from library staff. &#8220;The idea is to capture the [...]]]></description>
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