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Library Stripped Completely Bare By Residents

First Posted: 01/20/11 02:25 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:25 PM ET

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newyorker.com:

Last week, the Stony Stratford library, in the district of Milton Keynes, England, experienced a run. As in "a run on the library," in which more than a thousand Stony Stratford residents made their way to the red-brick building, scoured the shelves for their allotment of fifteen titles, swiped their library cards, and left the building completely bare of books.

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NebDem78
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04:42 PM on 01/23/2011
Great article, great idea by the townsfolk!
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VintageMary
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12:51 PM on 01/21/2011
Libraries are an incredibly vital community resource, even in this digital era. The citizens are right, support the library, dont close it!
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Richcrafter
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05:42 PM on 01/20/2011
Wow! That's a thirst for knowledge!
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