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From: "debbiealley" <>
Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Ohio's Library
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 13:54:15 -0500
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wow, I can't imagine any library being friendlier than Salt Lake City
I was in awe when I was there in 1999
Clayton's staff can be very rude and not very helpful at times
take care, Debbie

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From: "Beth Haney" <>
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Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Ohio's Library


> Some of you seem to be taking a rather short-sighted view of
> contributing materials to various libraries. I have been to the Wayne
> County Library in Indiana (while they were in their former location),
> and I found it an exceedingly great place for research. They've been
> working on their collections for decades and have amassed tons of great
> stuff. The atmosphere is certainly far friendlier than Salt Lake, too,
> or at least from my experience, and the town sure is easier to
> navigate. Since various libraries are willing to reimburse costs when
> people submit their research materials, why can't histories be submitted
> to more than one? The chances of my ever having the opportunity to
> research in Ohio aren't good, but I certainly might get back to Indiana
> again. A lot of people, like me, live a long way from the area they
> research, so having information available in various locations is
> wonderful. There's certainly nothing to be gained but much to be lost
> by making this into a "competition", and I think libraries would be the
> first to agree.
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