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08.22.2009 6:44 am

City library collected 13,000 pounds of food

Post-Dispatch Book Editor

The St. Louis Public Library collected more than 13,000 pounds of food for the St. Louis Area Foodbank.

Cans were collected in the “Food for Fines” program, which ran through the month of July. Patrons with library fines were able to pay down…

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06.26.2009 1:26 pm

Library scofflaws: pay off fines with food

Post-Dispatch Book Editor

    When I was a kid, I felt terribly embarrassed if I had a library fine - as if I’d stolen something or intentionally refused to take the book back to the library or bookmobile. Librarians had a reputation for being…

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