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[Mark Kohut]

The Occupy Wall Street Library is (almost) EXACTLY like the pile of t-shirts image--"as close to (real) anarchy as you're gonna get here" [I believe it goes] in Against the Day.
 
Lending without limits
As I write this, I see that the Occupy Wall Street library has over 3500 books cataloged at LibraryThing. It also has policies and procedures, as libraries do. These include how to close the library when it rains (put lids on the boxes and tuck the tarps around them in a manner that won't aggravate the police) and it has circulation policies, including how to check books out...forever: "these books belong to everyone, so we trust everyone to do what they think is most effective with them. If you think you could put a book to good use long-term, by all means keep it. If you think others might benefit from it more after you've finished, we strongly encourage returns." I love that. 

From a good piece in Library Journal today.