Pop Goes the Library

Using Pop Culture to Make Libraries Better.

by Sophie Brookover, Liz Burns, Melissa Rabey, Susan Quinn, John Klima, Carlie Webber, Karen Corday, and Eli Neiburger. We're librarians. We're pop culture mavens. We're Pop Culture Librarians.

2008-08-22

Not EXACTLY Pop Culture, BUT....

...wouldn't this make a great beginning to a wacky crime caper?

Woman cuffed, booked for not paying library fines.

Labels: humor, law, newspaper articles

1 Comments:

At 10:59 AM, Liz B said…

While I think that TPTB over-reacted in terms of pursuing these overdue books, a court order? She ignored a court order? I mean...that's just stupid. I can see blowing off the library (tho I don't recommend it!) but a court?

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