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Today I attended the annual Illinois Library Association's legislative luncheon. This was my second time attending this event, and though it was the same place and mostly the same attendees, it was markedly different. Last year, most of the lunch was spent talking about the lack of a state budget. While the sorry state of the IL budget was reviewed, it was not the focus of the event. Me with State Senator Jim Oberweis February 12th, 2016 This year, the event was unexpectedly focused on the roles of libraries and librarians. My cup of tea indeed. Unsurprisingly, the legislators present had positive things to say about libraries and librarians. What was surprising, however, was their belief in the library as a "Cradle of Democracy" (Lankes, 2012). I recorded a few noteworthy quotes of the luncheon, however, I will first quote Andrew Carnegie (as one does when writing about libraries): "There is no such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Lib
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