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I have taken to leaving useful goodies in library books for future readers: maps of Dublin in the works of Joyce, a map of the Caribbean in a book about pirates, a chart of flower symbolism in the works of Wilde, lists of historical characters in Roman fiction, a timeline of rulers in books about post-Roman/Arthurian
Britain.
Libraries could provide stick-on pockets inside the covers of some books expressly for this purpose.
While this is not a common practice, I think it should be encouraged. It would an entirely self-censoring (pseuo-wiki) system, since the library would not own any of the added materials: any reader can remove as easily as provide.
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Ooh, geocaching with library books! Perhaps a web site could be set up with clues as to the particular library - and particular copy of the book - which has the treasure in its pocket. |
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as a child i found a pot leaf in one of the encyclopedia volumes my family had... |
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If the library provided pockets, wouldn't they have to take some responsibility for the content? |
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Just read Crime and Punishment. |
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Pop quiz! Who is the oldest daughter of Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladov? That's right! It's Polina Mikhailovna Marmeladov, although Polya, Polja, Polenka, and Polechka are also acceptable. |
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Yeesh. Added a guide to the names. |
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"For a 10-page essay entitled 'Raskolnikov as a Foil for Pre-Modern Russian Nihilism', please send $20 to . . ." |
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