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Date: April 14, 2014 at 1:41:46 PM EDT
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Subject: Beautiful Library Contest Winners Announced
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In honor of National Library Week, we are pleased to announce the winners of Gale's "Libraries Are Beautiful – Inside and Out" photo contest. More than 800 entries, 25 finalists, and 28,000 votes cast all prove one thing: Libraries are beautiful! Thanks to all who entered, voted, and helped pass the word about Gale's "Libraries Are Beautiful – Inside and Out" photo contest. Congratulations to the prize winners: Best in Show: "Double Take" Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, Memphis, TN Most Unique Structure/Art Installation: "Reading in the Shadows" Wagner Community School Library, Wagner, SD Greatest Historical Treasure: "A Passion for Detail" James J. Hill Reference Library, Saint Paul, MN Most Modern Architecture: "The bookBot" James B. Hunt Jr. Library, NC State University, Raleigh, NC Coolest Internal Space: "The Great Outdoors, Indoors" Downtown Reno Library, Reno, NV Best Curb Appeal: "Of Stone and Books" Rangeley Public Library, Rangeley, ME Honorable mentions: Most Unique Structure/Art Installation: "Somewhere Under the Rainbow" Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI Greatest Historical Treasure: "The only all-volunteer public library in Michigan" Lawrence Memorial Public Library, Climax, MI Most Modern Architecture: "LPL's New Chapter: Smarter, Brighter, Greener" Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence, KS Coolest Internal Space: "The Reading Rainforest" Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield, NJ Best Curb Appeal: "Cedar Rapids Public Library" Cedar Rapids Public Library, Cedar Rapids, IA To view and learn more about the winning photos, visit gale.com/BeautifulLibrary. Look for your entry We saw a truly outstanding group of submissions, and following National Library Week we're highlighting them all, several each week, via Gale social media. To see the photo entries, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Facebook: For Academic Libraries | For Public Libraries | For School Libraries | All Gale Cengage Twitter: For Academic Libraries | For Public Libraries | For School Libraries | All Gale Cengage

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