Stealing from the library

Will the library crimes never stop?


Missouri libraries found someone Selling Stolen Books on eBay. Library officials first learned the books were missing in January after receiving a call from a New York man who purchased an O\’Brian book over the Internet that had the library\’s stamp and bar code.


In Tennessee, after her request to automate the library was Turned Down librarian Elizabeth Potts took matters into her own hands, then Someone Stole it. A giant pickle jar stuffed with money was stolen.

\’\’I just think it\’s kind of low down,\’\’ Potts said. \’\’Somebody stole our pickle jar, and that was money we were collecting to fund automation of the library.\’\’