Michigan: Wayne County Library System Closes Its Doors After 95 Years
After being in operation for almost a century, the Wayne County Library system is closing. The cities of Taylor and Ecorse are taking control of the system’s two remaining public libraries. Wayne County Librarian Maria McCarville says closing the Braille and Talking Book Library is especially bittersweet.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.