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October 24, 2007
Libray of Congress misplaces 13%
From today's Washington Post:
Materials Missing At Library Of Congress
13 Percent of Collection Misplaced, Survey Finds
By James V. Grimaldi and Jacqueline Trescott
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, October 24, 2007; Page C01
About one-sixth of the books, monographs and bound periodicals at the Library of Congress weren't where they were supposed to be because of flaws in the systems for shelving and retrieving materials, according to a survey to be made public at a congressional hearing today.
Follow the link for the full article. (The number was originally 17% couldn't be found.)
Now this is at a non-circulating library....!
Stephen
Posted by stephen at October 24, 2007 3:18 PM