{"id":213,"date":"2008-07-22T09:01:36","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T15:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/2008\/07\/22\/on-the-web-international-childrens-digital-library-foundation\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:38:17","slug":"on-the-web-international-childrens-digital-library-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2008\/07\/22\/on-the-web-international-childrens-digital-library-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Web: International Children&#8217;s Digital Library Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--  \/* Font Definitions *\/  @font-face \t{font-family:Calibri; \tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face \t{font-family:Tahoma; \tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} @font-face \t{font-family:Verdana; \tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} @font-face \t{font-family:\"Century Gothic\"; \tpanose-1:2 11 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4;}  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{margin:0in; 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