Canada: Prince Edward Island Library Vies to Be World’s Smallest
From the CBC:
The library in Cardigan [P.E.I], operated by John A. MacDonald, sits in a building that measures 3.5 x 3.5 metres, and holds about 1,800 books. A lifetime membership costs $5, and it runs on an honour system. If you sign out a book, you’re expected to bring it back.
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MacDonald has contacted Guinness World Records, but officials said there isn’t a category for the world’s smallest library. MacDonald is hoping the organization will consider creating one, and that his library will win the title.
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See Also: Where is Cardigan, P.E.I. (Map)
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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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