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in Kor se. We have changed some of our habits here at the Corbin Public Library. We no longer charge books out for four weeks, in stead the period has been changed to two weeks. Of course, if you have not been able to finish your book in that length of time you can bring it back and renew it once more, provided no one else has asked for the volume .The general purpose of this change is to keep the books in circulation as much as possible. We have had to keep our most popular books on reserve for so long that many of our readers have given up the hope of reading the new books. With the new two week cir culation period we hope to get the books back in the library and out into the hands of the public in half the time. If you have noticed lately that we have not had as many new books as usual, it because we have lost the Corbin Regional Library Office. This office which was in our building is now in London, Kentucky. It is through the regional system that we receive our books from the Kentucky Department of Libraries. The library has been promised that no cut will be ‘made in the number of books it is to get, but they will arrive more slowly than they have in Early in October. Mrs. Charles LeForce, ‘Corbin Librarian; Mrs.’ Charles Freeman, Whitley County Librarian; David Culp, Corbin Library Board of Trustees Treasurer and I went together to Louisville to the Kentucky Library Association. The two and a half days we spent at the convention were stimulating; all those book exhibits, meetings and speakers cer e Continued to Page 1
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Corbin Times
Corbin, Kentucky, US
Sun, Nov 01, 1970
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