This broke my heart. I was a librarian for nearly 50 years, from a
teenager in London ,England, to becoming the Director of the Mark Twain
Library in Redding, CT (the one that Mark Twain built for the town) and
have never seen such devastation as this Detroit branch suffered. Books
thrown across the floor as if they were mere litter.
Indeed, what is happening to the great cities of this country?
I was with the Birmingham Public Library System in England for many
years. They have just opened a new stunning central library, the biggest
in Europe. England is still suffering economic woes, but Birmingham City
felt a new, updated, technology smart, open, welcoming, library was what
was needed in this time of hardship. Good for them; sorrow for Detroit.
Heather.
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 07:45 PM, John H. Muller wrote:
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