I don’t shop at Wal-Mart but I don’t feel like turning this into a political post so I won’t go into the reasons. (If you really want to know, go find a copy of the documentary Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price.) However, one thing about Wal-Mart many people don’t know is the number of incidents reported to the police every year that happen in Wal-Mart parking lots. Yes, the parking lots. If you’d like to know how the parking lot of your local Wal-Mart rates, check out the Wal-Mart Crime Report site which allows you to search by your zip code and receive back the number of police calls for 2002-2005 along with detailed information about each call in .pdf format.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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