New Bedford, Massachusetts: “Two City Library Officials on Paid Leave in Dead Men’s Cards Case”
From SouthCoastToday.com:
Library director Stephen Fulchino was placed on administrative leave Thursday, one week after officials took another library employee off the job following reports that dead men’s library cards were used to check out close to 200 books for years after their deaths.
Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office would not identify the second library employee, but five sources told The Standard-Times that Casa de Saudade Library director Judith Downey was put on administrative leave last week.
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On Sept. 25, The Standard-Times reported library cards belonging to two New Bedford men — William M. Flynn and A. Penry Warr — had continued to rack up late fees and lost book charges since their deaths in 2007 and 2005, respectively.
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Thanks to Matt R. Weaver for the story tip.
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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.
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