A century late is still better than never(?)
New Bedford Public Library Director Olivia Melo, pulls the 100 year overdue book from the box shipped to New Bedford, Massachusetts, from West Virginia University Library. Photo: AP
Plein found the treatise and noticed it had been part of the collection at the New Bedford library and, critically, had not been stamped"Withdrawn," indicating that while extremely overdue, the book had not been discarded. "This came back in extremely good condition," New Bedford Public Library Director Olivia Melo said recently.
The library occasionally receives books as much as 10 or 15 years overdue, but nothing anywhere close to a century or more, she said. The discovery and return of the book is a testament to the durability of the printed word, especially in a time of computerization and instant access to unfathomable amounts of information, Melo said.
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