Anonymous Patron writes “Librarian attacked in Oakland A librarian at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Oakland branch was slightly injured Tuesday after a patron punched him, knocking him to the floor.
The man attacked senior librarian Barry Chad, 57, at 11:45 a.m. after Chad asked him to stop moving a chair from a microfilm area in the Pennsylvania Room on the second floor of the library at 4400 Forbes Ave., authorities said. The man had previously visited the library in the past month but has not been identified.”
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Wow! This happened to me, but did not make the papers. The library’s response was to throw up their hands and say it’s a public place there’s nothing we can do. Don’t worry, I found a safer public library environment.
Has anyone had similar incidents at their libraries? What was management’s response?