Dear all
Something to raise a smile as term/semester/autumn begins -
Posted by J. Kuntz on a U.S. list - go to the site a search on 'library hotel'
>Full article at:
>http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--
>deweydecimaldefen0920sep20,0,3455241.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
Seems slightly surreal - could it be true?
http://www.libraryhotel.com/
>"Each floor is dedicated to one of 10 Dewey categories. The 60 rooms are
>named for specific topics, such as room 700.003 for performing arts, with
>appropriate books inside...Online Computer Library Center, a nonprofit
>organization based in this Columbus suburb, acquired the rights to Dewey
>Decimal in 1988 when it bought Forest Press...Now the library group is
>suing the Library Hotel, accusing it of trademark infringement...The
>complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus on Wednesday seeks
>triple the hotel's profits since its opening or triple the organization's
>damages, whichever is greater, from hotel owner Henry Kallan."
>Full article at:
>http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--
>deweydecimaldefen0920sep20,0,3455241.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
->-Jerry Kuntz
>Electronic Resources Consultant
Kirsty Beveridge
Assistant Librarian
University of Dundee Gardyne Road Library
Gardyne Road, Dundee, DD5 1NY
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