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On Pima County Public Library’s discarded books policy

September 14, 2014December 3, 2012 by The Editors

OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN Our views vary from incensed to concerned at the Occupied Tucson Citizen regarding Pima County Public Library (PCPL) policies on aggressively selling books that are not regularly checked out. But we all agree that libraries must be repositories of knowledge first and foremost, and not merely repositories of popular culture. There are …

Has our library made a deal with the corporate devil?

September 14, 2014August 28, 2012 by Greg Evans

OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN With much fanfare Pima County Public Library (PCPL) announced last year that its patrons can now download a limited selection of books for use on Amazon.com’s Kindle e-readers. There’s just one catch: Amazon will keep track of what you are reading, when you are reading it, and will keep any notes you …