Wichita: Central Library Closes Because of Bedbug Problem
From the The Wichita Eagle:
Wichita’s Central Library closed early Thursday because of a pest problem: bedbugs.
Most of the library at 223 S. Main will remain closed — except for services available in the library’s lobby and foyer — until Monday.
The library had not budgeted for the bugs. Library officials and a pest control firm are assessing the extent of the problem.
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“We face some difficult decisions ahead of us, I’m sure. We don’t know what it is expected to cost,” library director Cynthia Berner-Harris said during a Thursday afternoon news conference.
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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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