<p>I sent this to PUBLIB instead of libs-or. Guess I had it on my mind.</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Diedre Conkling" <<a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com">diedre08@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: May 10, 2011 5:47 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] Check out this page on OregonLive.com<br>
To: "Publib" <<a href="mailto:publib@webjunction.org">publib@webjunction.org</a>><br><br><p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">I remember these boxes being discussed on PUBLIB about 2 years ago. I looked it up and I could find the link to the entries but, for some unknown reason, the content of entries was scrubbed. Maybe it is just a glitch and the content will reappear soon.</font></font></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">At that time I remember there being a number of news articles about the boxes and Friends of the Libraries book sales. So here is some of what I found:</font></font></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">About those blue book donation boxes: </font><a href="http://www.bookpatrol.net/2009/05/book-donation-boxes.html" target="_blank"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bookpatrol.net/2009/05/book-donation-boxes.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">.</font></font></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Donated Books Becoming a Sought-After Commodity — Perhaps Too Much So: </font><a href="http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/may/30/donated-books-becoming-a-sought-after-commodity/" target="_blank"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/may/30/donated-books-becoming-a-sought-after-commodity/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">.</font></font></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;background:white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Local book donations down this year:<span> </span></font></font><a href="http://snovalleystar.com/2009/07/01/local-book-donations-down-this-year" target="_blank"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://snovalleystar.com/2009/07/01/local-book-donations-down-this-year</font></a></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Blue Book Donation Boxes: </font><a href="http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-June/124413.html" target="_blank"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-June/124413.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"> (maybe the content will reappear.</font></font></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 6pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font size="3" face="Calibri"> This piece shows some differences between Better World Books and </font></span><span style="font-size:9pt">Thrift Recycle Management:<span> </span><span><a title="Permalink to Better or Not? Better World Books adds Donation Boxes, A Book Drive for Haiti and a Partnership with Powell’s to the Mix" href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/bookpatrol/2010/04/28/better-or-not-better-world-books-adds-donation-boxes-a-book-drive-for-haiti-and-a-partnership-with-powells-to-the-mix/" target="_blank">Better or Not? Better World Books adds Donation Boxes, A Book Drive for Haiti and a Partnership with Powell’s to the Mix</a> <span> </span>(<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/bookpatrol/2010/04/28/better-or-not-better-world-books-adds-donation-boxes-a-book-drive-for-haiti-and-a-partnership-with-powells-to-the-mix/" target="_blank">http://blog.seattlepi.com/bookpatrol/2010/04/28/better-or-not-better-world-books-adds-donation-boxes-a-book-drive-for-haiti-and-a-partnership-with-powells-to-the-mix/</a> ).</span></span></p>
<h1 style="margin:0in 0in auto"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal" lang="EN">Book Charity or Scam?:<span> </span><a href="http://weeklybooktalk.com/2011/05/10/book-charity-or-scam/" target="_blank">http://weeklybooktalk.com/2011/05/10/book-charity-or-scam/</a> </span></h1>
<h1 style="margin:0in 0in auto"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal" lang="EN">I also found that the same thing is happening for clothing donations.</span></h1><p><font color="#500050"><br><br><br>On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:11 PM, <<a href="mailto:leah.griffith@newbergoregon.gov">leah.griffith@newbergoregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>><br>> Dear Libs-or:<br>><br>...</font></p>-- <br><font color="#888888">
<p><em><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></em><i><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:10pt"><br><em><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS'">Lincoln County Library District</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS'">P.O. Box 2027</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS'">Newport, OR 97365</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS'">Phone & Fax: <a href="tel:541-265-3066" value="+15412653066" target="_blank">541-265-3066</a></span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS'">Work email</span></em></span></i><em><span style="font-style:normal;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:10pt">: </span></em><a href="mailto:diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:10pt"><font color="#0000ff">diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org</font></span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:10pt"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS'">Home email: </span></em></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS';color:blue;font-size:10pt">diedre08@gmail.com</span></em></a><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:10pt"></span></p>
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