TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Greetings Infomaniacs,

It's National Library Week! Since I work at a library and am about two weeks from receiving my degree in Library Science, I am excited about this! National Library Week is meant to encourage use of the library and celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries. In honor of this celebration, here are some fun facts about...you guessed it...libraries!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation."

HINT: (1916-2009), American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years.


RANDOM TIDBITS
The Library of Congress, which was established in the 1800's, is the oldest federal cultural institution in the nation.

The largest library in the world is the Library of Congress. It houses 745 miles of bookshelves!

The world's "greatest lover" Giacomo Casanova spent the latter part of his life as a librarian for Count Waldstein of Bohemia.

During his undergrad years, Edgar Hoover supported himself by working nights at the Library of Congress.

Melvil Dewey invented the Dewey Decimal System which is still in use in many public libraries today. Mr. Dewey served as the head librarian for Columbia University for five years, and later became the director of the New York State Library.

The book that holds the record for being the most stolen from the public library is the Guinness Book of World Records.

(Source: http://mrsnowclibrarianatlarge.blogspot.com)


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation."

ANSWER: Walter Cronkite.

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