The rights to thousands of books are at the center of a conroversy brewing in the Town of Tonawanda.
In question are about 30,000 books remaining at the now-closed Brighton Library, one of 15 libraries shutting down by year’s end to cut expenses in the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library system.
A citizen group, Friends of the Brighton Library, hopes to use the Brighton Road building as a community reading room and wants all the materials left behind for public use.
The town’s Library Board, meanwhile, already has planned a one-day book sale at Brighton, with the proceeds to benefit the two cash-strapped libraries staying open in Tonawanda.
Who should get the books?”>Buffalo News – When a library closes, who gets the books?
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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Hi,
I just happened along your site. I have a great idea! I live on Grand Bahama Island in The Bahamas. I am assisting in Hurricane relief. We have been hit by 3 hurricanes in 12 months..the last Wilma. Several Settlements, Bahamian Village communities, had many homes washed out to sea as well as schools destroyed. We are in the process of trying to restore the schools and are looking for used books of all kinds. Even when the schools were in place, the libraries are of very poor quality due to lack of funding. If anyone would like to help, please email me at robbin@coralwave.com
Hi,
I just happened along your site. I have a great idea! I live on Grand Bahama Island in The Bahamas. I am assisting in Hurricane relief. We have been hit by 3 hurricanes in 12 months..the last Wilma. Several Settlements, Bahamian Village communities, had many homes washed out to sea as well as schools destroyed. We are in the process of trying to restore the schools and are looking for used books of all kinds. Even when the schools were in place, the libraries are of very poor quality due to lack of funding. If anyone would like to help, please email me at robbin@coralwave.com