FW: Dromendary Library Serivce

[Barker, Jodie]

Thought this might bring a chuckle!
Jodie
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Jodie Barker		
Public Services/ILL Librarian		
Layne Library			
Dakota Wesleyan University (DWU)
1200 West University
Mitchell SD  57301
(605)  995-2619
jobarker at dwu.edu	


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	r. lee hadden [SMTP:rhadden at IGSRGLIB01.ER.USGS.GOV]
> Sent:	Tuesday, October 19, 1999 1:57 PM
> To:	COLLIB-L at ACS.WOOSTER.EDU
> Subject:	Dromendary Library Serivce
> 
>         Apologies for cross posting.
>         This is a "must read" for those who have ever worked in a
> bookmobile, or have one operating at their library.
>         There was an interesting article last Sunday in the Washington
> Post on a bookmobile service in Kenya that uses camels instead of trucks.
> Included in the report were accounts of gunmen holding up the library
> staff,
> and stealing books as part of their booty.
>         The citation is:
> {HYPERLINK "/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-10/17/273l-101799-idx.html"}Dromedary
> Library By Karl Vick
> Sunday, October 17, 1999; Page A21
> and it is available from the website at http://www.washingtonpost.com.
>         I hope you will enjoy the article as much as I did. Certainly,
> anyone who has had to start a twenty-five year-old bookmobile on a
> cold morning like I have can sympathize with loading up camels when
> they don't want to move, and having a "spare."
> 
> 
> 
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> R. Lee Hadden (Standard disclaimers apply)
> US Geological Survey Library
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