Libraries

Update: Bodleian rethinks visitor centre

Charles Davis writes \"From
newsquest.co.uk


Controversial plans to turn part of Oxford\'s
Bodleian Library into a pay-as-you-enter visitor
centre have been withdrawn.
After much opposition, the University has
decided to withdraw temporarily its planning
application for more consultation with city council
planning officers. \"

Doings at the Oxford library

Charles Davis sent in a couple stories on the libraries at Oxford.


Ex-US President Clinton will visit Oxford on May 25th to open the Rothermere American Institute, within which the
Vere Harmsworth Library sits.
The Full Story

Another Story On the radical plan to turn the university library into a pay-as-you-enter visitor centre is provoking a fierce war of words. They call it the \"theme park proposal\", \'sacrilegious\' and \'a desecration\'.

Are there any other libraries that charge to enter?

Paper Destruction Microfilm Takes Over

FirstMonday has an interesting Story on the destruction of original newspapers and their replacement by microfilm.
It\'s an interesting response to an interesting Story that appeared last month.

If you\'ve never read FirstMonday, check it out, they have some very interesting stories.

Clinton Library Foundation Members Want to Just Say No to Bubba and Wife

Board members of the foundation raising funds for the Clinton Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, are so upset about the ongoing pardon scandal, which has called attention to their own activities, that they want to hang a \"Keep Out\" sign on the 3,000 square foot living space which was to be designated as the Clinton\'s residence in Little Rock.

The fear that the apartment, which is to be located within the library, could easily become a center for controversy and speculation, has caused some board members to recommend that the plans for the Clinton\'s living area be eliminated altogether. -- Read More

Thieves Use Fake Library Cards to Steal Thousands in Materials from Dayton, OH

Criminals using fake library cards have taken $10,000 worth of materials from at 16 libraries around Dayton, OH. About $5000 worth of DVDs, CDs, videos, and books have yet to be recovered, according to the
Dayton Daily News.
The most popular items for theft were new AV materials. One of the affected libraries is considering reduced borrowing limits for new patrons.

Libraries Behind Bars

A couple of prison library stories.
News-Press.com has a Story on Boy Scout Brian Stewart to help establish an entire library at the Lee County Jail in FL. Working hard for that Eagle badge!
“The inmates read extensively because they don’t have a lot to do,” Scruggs said. “Sometimes the jail is a place where people learn to love to read.”


inlandempireonline has a Story on the new library in The California Institution for Women near Chino. The law library, established more than 15 years ago, is one of the most complete and largest in the state\'s prison system.

But do they have The Prisoners Dictionary?

Shake Rattle and Roll

Pat Liao sent along an interesting page from The U-Dub Engineering Library. They got all shaken up in the big earthquake in Seattle last week.


Check out the Earthquake Damage to the Engineering Library page, to see how things look.
Like Pat said, Some of them will
make you feel like you\'re in slanted room in a circus funhouse!

I hope no one had any books fall on them!

Library of Congress is Unsafe

Someone pointed out Salon has picked up This Stoy about the fire saftey troubles at LOC.

They say the Library of Congress will not be able to fix all fire safety violations for another two years, and there seem to be more than a few problems. They were issued seven citations for violations.

\"The Library is strongly committed to correcting all these deficiencies and already corrected 76 percent of those that are the Library\'s responsibility,\"

Lincoln Presidential Library

John writes
\"My hometown paper has this
story
about the new Lincoln Presidential Library in
Springfield, Il. The public library in town is also named
Lincoln Library after its favorite son. \"


Folks at Springfield\'s Lincoln Library are already
running into trouble with names. The Lincoln
Presidential Library and Museum isn\'t expected to be
done till late 2002, and already someone sent a
$50,ooo check to the wrong place.

The Eagle has flown

Charles Davis writes \"From \"The Times\" 6 February 2001

Historic copies of comics, including The Beano, The Dandy and The Eagle, are believed to have been stolen from the British Library.


library spokesman said: \'We are bringing in external security consultants this week to advise and look at security measures.\' He added: \'This
couldn’t happen at the St Pancras Reading Room because of the type of security we’ve got there.\' \"

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