News of the weird

From Library Land -

Gail Borden Public Library Trustee Randolph "Randy" Hopp, already banned from the library except for board meetings, got into yet another physical altercation with a library staff member when he refused his required escort to the board meeting. Would someone tell me how this guy got elected?

My next item isn't really news of the weird, but more like news of the incredibly sad. Could it possibly be true that the Free Library of Philadelphia might have to close at the end of the business on October 2? Yes, if the state Legislature does not act on the city's budget request. Say it ain't so.
* Ooooh, oooh, update edit! It ain't so after all!*

And finally, in anticipation of Banned Books Week, I'm proud to note that the San Francisco Public Library does not ban anything. Except in one case, as noted in the local press:

"The library's collection development director, Laura Lent, says she can recall only one instance in the past decade in which the library opted to pull a book off the shelves as a result of patron insistence. And this patron happened to be the book's author. It was a fictional account of telepathic surveillance of the mind -- and the author felt the book's continued presence in the Main Branch would lead to the government invading his brain. We are not making this up."

I guess it was okay to relax the standards for this guy (though shouldn't he have seen it coming?)