Ralph Gardner, Jr., part-time local resident and frequent contributor to New York Magazine, the New York Times, and the New York Observer, visited our library's book sale on Saturday and wrote his daily column in the Wall Street Journal about how library book sales feed his additiction to book collecting. Even though Ralph was disappointed that his father's book on Horatio Alger had been deaccessioned from our library, it was touching to read that he understands the plight of a small library with limited space. As the director of the library, I get to know my patrons in a limited way--it was refreshing to see another side of this patron that I didn't know about.
Ralph Gardner, Jr. is also the co-author of Hay Fever with Angela Miller, published by Wiley in April 2010. Rest assured, the library is purchasing a copy.
You can read the article from the Wall Street Journal by clicking here.