The perp. Perhaps he can work in the prison library.
Posted on 08/05/2007 5:40:07 AM PDT by nuconvert
DENVER — A library patron suspected of selling hundreds of books, tapes and DVDs he had borrowed has cost Denver-area libraries tens of thousands of dollars, officials said.
Thomas Pilaar, 33, was suspected of using different names to obtain seven library cards from the Denver Public Library, then checking out 300 items per card and selling at least some of the items, KCNC-TV in Denver reported.
"It appears his intent was to sell 2,100 (items) from the Denver Library collection," Denver Public Library spokeswoman M. Celeste Jackson told the station. She estimated the losses at about $35,000.
Arapahoe County library administrators said Pilaar obtained three library cards and checked out 250 to 300 items.
James Larue, Douglas County's head librarian, said Pilaar checked out more than 300 items from two county libraries and had $11,000 worth of overdue items. Man Accused of Selling $35G Worth of Items Borrowed From Denver-Area Libraries Online
August 05, 2007
Authorities were tipped by a woman who recently bought books through Craigslist.org and noticed the library identification stamps.
Pilaar was jailed on an unrelated parole violation and was being investigated for theft,
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After two or more overdue items per card, WHY was he able to keep checking things out? Even with seven cards, thats only 14 items. This can’t be the real story. Stealing maybe, but checking out 2000 items and not returning most? (BS flag) My library only allows one overdue and your frozen until returned or paid for.
His only hope now is if he’s an illegal alien, or has “gender-identity issues”. If so, he’s free as a bird.
He’s just promoting “No child Left Behind”.
The perp. Perhaps he can work in the prison library.
What are the rules for checking out materials?
You must bring your library card to check out material from the library. You may check out up to 20 items if there are no long overdue items or unpaid fines or fees on your card.
The library reserves the right to limit the number of items that may be checked out on one subject or in one classification. Materials are checked out for 3 weeks; entertainment and youth videos may be checked out for 7 days. The loan period for InterLibrary Loans is at the discretion of the lending library.
Can I renew or extend the due date of something checked out on my library card?
You may extend the due date for materials checked out on your library record up to five times. At that renewal limit, materials must be returned to the library’s shelves for a 24 hour period to provide other customers with the opportunity to view or to check them out.
Renewals are not possible if:
....hmmm.....wasn’t there a rash of thefts of rare books/manuscripts from university libraries about 10 years ago.....somr of those things were very,very valuable on the collector’s market.....I would have thought after that, the word would have got around all libraries to tighten up....I know they have a professional librarians organization because they all bitch and refuse to help the FBI on AlQueda investigations.
See, how could he have "borrowed" 2000 books/DVD's, even with seven cards? Then again, I understand Denver is a liberal haven, which would explain it. (never condemn anyone for anything!)
Ping.
I was under the impression that rare and valuable books could not be checked out but could only be used in the library.
Too bad the head law guy is governor, this guy had a 98% chance to get off.
Libraries are the original form of socialism. Get the government to buy you the books you don’t want to pay for.
“Public” libraries were first established by private citizens as gifts to their communities. Some were for membership fee.
“Public libraries exist in most nations of the world and are often considered an essential part of having an educated and literate population.”
Yes you are right that libraries have books that “you don’t want to pay for”, but someone does want to read them. There is probably a road or bridge in your town that you don’t nor every will use, too.
I have purchased thousands of dollars of books that I have donated to my library. I have used many libraries since I was a child and for my children and grandchildren. My first job (at 15) was shelving books (I made a $1.50 per hour). Libraries are key to a well educated populous.
Your hatred for anything paid for by the government for the “common good” reeks from your post. You might want to reconsider by visiting your local library and investigating its history. You may find it was started by a gift Mr. Carnegie. “Scottish-American businessman Andrew Carnegie donated the money for the building of thousands of Carnegie libraries in English-speaking countries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.” See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library
Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_library#United_States_of_America
“I was under the impression that rare and valuable books could not be checked out but could only be used in the library.”
.....if I remember right a guy got into the University of Iowa library with a razor blade....he sliced out illustrations from rare books/manuscripts and some how smuggled them out....from there the works made it into the underground art market....it’s been a while back, but I think that when the guy was finally caught it turns out he had false IDs and he posed to be a visiting graduate student....he hit more than one library before they got him.
$35G?? What's $35G? $35,000 is $35K, as far as I know.
BOOKMAN: You took this book out in 1971.
JERRY: Yes, and I returned it in 1971.
BOOKMAN: Yeah, ‘71. That was my first year on the job. Bad year for libraries. Bad year for America. Hippies burning library cards, Abby Hoffman telling everybody to steal books. I don’t judge a man by the length of his hair or the kind of music he listens to. Rock was never my bag. But you put on a pair of shoes when you walk into the New York Public Library, fella.
JERRY: Look, Mr. Bookman. I—I returned that book. I remember it very specifically.
BOOKMAN: You’re a comedian, you make people laugh.
JERRY: I try.
BOOKMAN: You think this is all a big joke, don’t you?
JERRY: No, I don’t.
BOOKMAN: I saw you on T.V. once; I remembered your name—from my list. I looked it up. Sure enough, it checked out. You think because you’re a celebrity that somehow the law doesn’t apply to you, that you’re above the law?
JERRY: Certainly not.
BOOKMAN: Well, let me tell you something, funny boy. Y’know that little stamp, the one that says “New York Public Library”? Well that may not mean anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole hell of a lot. Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I’ve seen your type before: Flashy, making the scene, flaunting convention. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. What’s this guy making such a big stink about old library books? Well, let me give you a hint, junior. Maybe we can live without libraries, people like you and me. Maybe. Sure, we’re too old to change the world, but what about that kid, sitting down, opening a book, right now, in a branch at the local library and finding drawings of pee-pees and wee-wees on the Cat in the Hat and the Five Chinese Brothers? Doesn’t HE deserve better? Look. If you think this is about overdue fines and missing books, you’d better think again. This is about that kid’s right to read a book without getting his mind warped! Or maybe that turns you on, Seinfeld; maybe that’s how y’get your kicks. You and your good-time buddies. Well I got a flash for ya, joy-boy: Party time is over. Y’got seven days, Seinfeld. That is one week!
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( Jerry writes out a check for the never-returned Tropic of Cancer and hands it to Bookman)
JERRY: Anyway, I hope there’s no hard feelings.
BOOKMAN: Hard feelings? What do you know about hard feelings? Y’ever have a man die in your arms? Y’ever kill somebody?
JERRY: What is your problem?
BOOKMAN: What’s my problem? Punks like you, that’s my problem. And you better not screw up again Seinfeld, because if you do, I’ll be all over you like a pitbull on a poodle.
Thanks for the Pic of Lt. Bookman. That was one of the funniest episoded. Can’t stand ya as George was called by his Gym teacher in HS.
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