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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate the Des Plaines Library on being designated Library of the Year for 2003 by the North Suburban Library System; and

WHEREAS, The Des Plaines Library has seen circulation steadily increasing to record levels and celebrated a milestone in terms of items of items checked out by patrons; last year, the library surpassed 1,000,000 items lent to patrons; and

WHEREAS, The award is an acknowledgement of efforts by the staff of the Des Plaines Library to collaborate with other libraries by sharing material, meeting space, and other resources; and

WHEREAS, The Des Plaines Library opened its current 80,000 square foot building in 2000; it is twice the size of the previous location; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the Des Plaines Library on being named the Library of the Year for 2003 by the North Suburban Library System; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Des Plaines Library as an expression of our esteem.