[Publib] Breaking News, August 4 American Libraries Online

[Gordon Flagg]

Breaking News, August 4 American Libraries Online
<http://www.ala.org/alonline/>

> Library Connection's "John Doe" Court Records Released

> OCLC Founder Frederick G. Kilgour Dies at 92

> University of California Considers Google Books Library Project

> Londonistan Flap Explodes in Brooklyn

> Smiley Suspected in Additional Map Thefts


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