HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 98- National Library Week April 19-25 1998
PROCLAMATION
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
April 19-25, 1998
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WHEREAS, Libraries connect children and adults with the books, computers and other
resources which they need in order to live, learn and prosper in a global society;
and
WHEREAS, Libraries provide preschool story hour, literacy and many other programs to
encourage Americans to read; and
WHEREAS, Libraries provide computers and other new technology so that students,
businesses and researchers have access to global information resources; and
WHEREAS, Libraries educate and promote understanding of diverse cultures in our own
nation and around the world; and
WHEREAS, Libraries support a literate, productive, and globally competitive nation; and
WHEREAS, Librarians are leaders in ensuring that all Americans have access to new
information technology and instructing them in its use; and
WHEREAS, Libraries nationwide are celebrating National Library Week with the theme
"Connect @ the Library".
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Alfred M. Stiff, Mayor of the City of Bozeman, do hereby proclaim
April 19-25, 1998 as
" NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK"
in the City of Bozeman, Montana, and encourage all children and adults to visit their library
and thank a librarian for making this unique and wonderful institution possible.
SEAL IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
City of Bozeman, in the State of Montana, to
be affixed at Bozeman, Montana, this 6th day
of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Ninety-eight.
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