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Two Lee County Library System workers graduated from this year's Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute. Librarian Lynn Hourigan (East County Public Library) and library multicultural program coordinator

HouriganMaria Palacio completed the 10-session leadership program recently. They graduated with 35 others in the Institute's third class. The Institute - sponsored by The Florida Department of State, State Library and Archives of Florida - is one of several strategies developed to cultivate and enhance the leadership skills of Florida's library staff. The Northeast Florida Library Information Network, in Orange Park, coordinates the state-funded program, a yearlong comprehensive series of sessions that focuses on developing diverse leaders to serve in administrative roles at the local, regional, state, and national levels. State officials say that, as a result of the Institute, participants are better prepared to provide highest quality library services to Florida citizens and in an effective and innovative manner that will meet today's needs and tomorrow's challenges.

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