[Publib] free crossword puzzles for patrons

[Ann Brown]

Also, AARP's website has a crossword every day that can be printed out.

Ann Brown
Duncan Public Library

-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Sue Kamm
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 5:56 PM
To: Nann Blaine Hilyard; Arthur Gross; publib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Publib] free crossword puzzles for patrons

Alternatively, many papers' crossword puzzles are online, and can be
solved online.  The Los Angeles Times is one; Yahoo also has a crossword
puzzle: http://games.yahoo.com.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Nann Blaine Hilyard <nbhilyard at zblibrary.org>
>Sent: Nov 26, 2007 2:36 PM
>To: Arthur Gross <agross at decatur.lib.il.us>, publib at webjunction.org
>Subject: RE: [Publib] free crossword puzzles for patrons
>
>
>Would you charge the patron for a copy of a story in that newspaper?
>What about one of the daily comic strips? What about a magazine
article?
>If you do it for Abner because he is a nice guy and one of your
>regulars, will you do it for Ethel?  And then what happens when Gloria
>asks you to make 10 copies of the Minute Maze for the after-school
>homework help group?
>
>It's a slippery slope, and that's even before questions about copyright
>and fair use come into play.  
>
>One thing you could do for him is save all the old newspapers--surely
>you get them from several cities--and let him clip any of the crossword
>puzzles.
>
>Nann
>@the library in Zion, Illinois 
> 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
>[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Gross
>Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 4:12 PM
>To: publib at webjunction.org
>Subject: [Publib] free crossword puzzles for patrons
>
>Probably already addressed multiple times, but just thought I'd ask:
>
>Do any libraries furnish copies of sudoku, crossword puzzles, etc. free
>to library patrons?  I was asked by library user if we could make
copies
>of local newpaper's puzzles because he couldn't afford to print and he
>didn't want to write in the paper.
>
>What are your experiences along these lines?
>
>Arthur
>Arthur Gross
>AV/Reference Librarian
>130 North Franklin Street
>Decatur, Illinois 62523
>Phone: 217-421-9736  Fax: 217-233-4071
>agross at decatur.lib.il.us
>
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