Here are some entertaining news stories you may not have seen: "Louisiana state library funding has been eliminated" http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2012/06/louisiana-eliminates-state-funding-for-libraries.html "Will the Pomona Public Library be closed?" http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2012/06/pomona-library-close.html "Beyond Unbelievable: City Purposefully Closing More Libraries to Teach People a Lesson" http://www.youngphillypolitics.com/beyond_unbelievable_city_purposefully_closing_more_libraries_teach_people_lesson "Philadelphia Should Tax Cars Instead Of Closing Libraries" http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2008/12/30/philadelphia-should-tax-cars-instead-of-closing-libraries "Detroit Libraries Closing: 4 Branches Will Shutter Due To Budget Cuts http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/21/detroit-libraries-closing-4-branches_n_1162872.html?ref=books "Flint Public Library to close all three branches" http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/06/flint_public_library_to_close.html And, for the fun (?) of it: http://libraryconspiracies.blogspot.com/ www.publiclibrariesnews.com "How one town saved a library from the local tea party" http://lunaticoutpost.com/Topic-How-one-town-saved-a-library-from-the-local-tea-party Cheers! jgm John G. Marr Cataloger CDS, UL Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 jmarr_at_unm.edu jmarr_at_flash.net **There are only 2 kinds of thinking: "out of the box" and "outside the box." Opinions belong exclusively to the individuals expressing them, but sharing is permitted.Received on Tue Jul 03 2012 - 14:41:03 EDT