Historic Ads Stolen From U of Illinois Library
From The News-Gazette:
University of Illinois police and Champaign County Crimestoppers are seeking the public’s help in solving the thefts of three items from a locked wall display in the tunnel that connects the University of Illinois Undergraduate Library and the Main Library.
According to a UI police report, library employees reported that someone had removed three advertisements from the wall display between May 1 and May 8.
The library has a contract with the Advertising Council to hold these items, all archival pieces from the United Negro College Fund collection.
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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. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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