Saturday, August 27, 2005

Books on the Move

One of our readers sent us an item from Yahoo news about book vending machines in Paris. He thinks we need one of them on the Plaza... Just love that picture of a commuter running past the machine! A few months ago there was a story about the same kind of thing on the London underground, selling single short stories for one pound each. It's not clear whether the plan ever came to fruition.
       But there are already libraries out there with kiosks in transit stations. The Miami-Dade Public Library system has (or perhaps had; its website won't come up) a small full-service kiosk in the Metrorail Civic Center Station. Lake Forest Public Library gives books away at four transit locations. The stickers on the books read "Take this, read it, pass it on. Compliments of the Friends of the Lake Forest Library." Isn't that terrific?

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