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In 1960, Chicago formed its first Sister Cities agreement with Warsaw, Poland, and launched the Chicago Sister Cities International Program. [33] In the 1970s and 1980s, the program added seven additional Sister Cities, and in 1990, Mayor Richard M. Daley officially established a volunteer board of directors for the organization. [ 34 ]
The 2011 conference drew 2,487 attendees and had 220 speakers. [1] [2]Since 2011, Techweek has grown into a multi-day conference and expo, including a startup competition, [3] [4] a job fair, [2] and nightly parties, including a fashion show.
[12] [13] In July 2014, Open Books participated in Chicago’s first Independent Bookstore Day, where they offered free bags of books to attendees who arrived first. [14] In December 2014, Open Books donated 500 children's books to the CTA annual Holiday train where they were given out at the Red , Purple , and Yellow line stops. [ 15 ]
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Launched in 2015, Bronzeville-based City Bureau started as a nonprofit journalism lab, with programs that included reporting fellowships and Chicago Documenters, where community members are ...
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The Metropolitan Library System (MLS) was an association of academic, public, school, and special libraries in Chicago and its suburbs in Cook, DuPage and Will counties. On July 1, 2011, Metropolitan Library System merged with Alliance Library System, DuPage Library System, North Suburban Library System, and Prairie Area Library System to form the Reaching Across Illinois Library System.
NLW has spread to different countries. The first National Library Week of the Jamaica Library Association was held March 6–12, 1966. [7] Libraries Week display in 2017, Skipton Library, UK. Australia's Library and Information Week is organized by the Australian Library and Information Association, and held annually at the end of May. The ...