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U.S. / NEWS Mon Sep 17, 2007 @ 9:30am neoform

www.ala.org -- It all began March 26, when a woman came to the reference desk and asked Martha Lee of the Bluffton (Ohio) Public Library for the Allen County Hazardous Materials Emergency Plan. Lee told American Libraries that after receiving the appropriate binder, the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Aug 5, 2007 @ 4:51pm neoform

FOX News -- A library patron suspected of selling hundreds of books, tapes and DVDs he had borrowed has cost Denver-area libraries tens of thousands of dollars, officials said. Thomas Pilaar, 33, was suspected of using different names to obtain seven library cards.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Apr 2, 2007 @ 11:05am neoform

Alter Net -- A dirty little secret about America is that public libraries have become de facto daytime shelters for the nation's street people while librarians are increasingly our unofficial social workers for the homeless and mentally disturbed. Ophelia sits by t.. Read More