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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Bloomingdale Public Library is celebrating | ||||||
| 3 | its 40th
anniversary on June 9, 2015; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, In January of 1974, the Village of Bloomingdale | ||||||
| 5 | established the "Friends of the Library" to
promote a library | ||||||
| 6 | for Bloomingdale; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Within 6 months, the library was selected as an | ||||||
| 8 | "All-Star Library" by
the Illinois Library Association; | ||||||
| 9 | statewide, only 4 libraries were so honored that
year; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, As Bloomingdale continued to grow, so did its need | ||||||
| 11 | for expanded library
services; on May 3, 1981, ground was | ||||||
| 12 | broken for a 20,000 square foot library
building; its doors | ||||||
| 13 | opened on July 15, 1982; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, A 6-year study was conducted which led to the | ||||||
| 15 | creation of a building
project designed to meet a 20-year plan | ||||||
| 16 | for library services to the community; plans
were made to | ||||||
| 17 | expand and remodel the library and improve services, and on
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| 18 | September 7, 1995, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the | ||||||
| 19 | new addition;
construction was completed in November of 1996 | ||||||
| 20 | and a grand "reopening" reception was held on December 1, 1996; | ||||||
| 21 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, On June 9, 2005, the library was dedicated and | ||||||
| 2 | opened its doors with a
collection of 4,500 adult and juvenile | ||||||
| 3 | books, a staff of 3, and over 30 volunteers
providing 28 hours | ||||||
| 4 | of service each week; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The library continued to improve patron services | ||||||
| 6 | in 2013 by dedicating a
new area of the library designated as | ||||||
| 7 | "The Think Tank" quiet zone, and reconfiguring
the lower level | ||||||
| 8 | to better serve the children of Bloomingdale; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The library was selected as a "best library" in a | ||||||
| 10 | user poll conducted by
West Suburban Living magazine for 2 | ||||||
| 11 | years running; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The library continued to improve services to | ||||||
| 13 | Bloomingdale teens with
the creation of an innovative new teen | ||||||
| 14 | space and created a New Materials area for
adults in April of | ||||||
| 15 | 2015; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 17 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 18 | congratulate the
Bloomingdale Public Library on the occasion of | ||||||
| 19 | its 40th anniversary; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of the resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to the Bloomingdale
Public Library.
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