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State Library of Montana closing to walk-in users

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  (Score:2) by Chuck (5196) on Tuesday October 16, @03:19PM (#31351)
  ( Last Journal: Friday July 20, @02:50PM ) As the child of a demographer I would be disrespecting the family coat of arms if I didn't suggest that it might be useful to find a sample that didn't have, as its sole member, a state with the population density of the Arabian desert.
  
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  (Score:2) by Samantha (116) on Wednesday October 17, @03:18PM (#31381)
  ( http://samhines.googlepages.com/home | Last Journal: Friday September 14, @03:14PM ) As a Montanan, I have to respectfully point out that our population, while under 1 million total people, is usually denser in most places than the sheep or cow population. We've got you beat, Wyoming! [ Reply to This | Parent ]

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  (Score:2) by Chuck (5196) on Wednesday October 17, @03:33PM (#31383)
  ( Last Journal: Friday July 20, @02:50PM ) Respeck
  
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• Not True

  (Score:1) by Anonymous Patron on Wednesday October 17, @01:12AM (#31356) http://msl.mt.gov/news/dltp.asp for the response from the Montana State Librarian. [ Reply to This ]

• Re:Not True

  (Score:2) by Samantha (116) on Wednesday October 17, @03:23PM (#31382)
  ( http://samhines.googlepages.com/home | Last Journal: Friday September 14, @03:14PM ) They are planning to eliminate walk-in access to the collection. From the small link at the bottom of the page: "Discontinuing walk-in access and circulation of our print collection will allow us to focus our resources on completing the transition within a reasonable time." I myself was quite concerned when the story first broke, mostly because as a Montana librarian I was blindsided. After talking to the folks at the state library I feel that this will be a great improvement for access, as long as people have computers with internet access, and it will be interesting to see what happens. Other states better keep tabs on what we're doing here! [ Reply to This | Parent ]