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- ↑ "Member Votes Finalize Amigos/MLNC Merger". Amigos Library Services. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑ "MLNC Membership". MLNC. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
- ↑ "Member Votes Finalize Amigos/MLNC Merger". Amigos Library Services. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑ "MLNC - About Us". MLNC. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ↑ "MLNC Membership". MLNC. Retrieved 12 October 2010.