Return of the Library of Justice!

The Library of Justice is back! We've refilled it with a few books and comics to get started again. A HUGE thanks to all our neighbors and friends for their support over the last few weeks. Both for donating and for some much needed morale boosting, after our two previous incidents. We're so fortunate to have a concerned and helpful community supporting the library--not to mention all the help we've received from other LFLs and the main Little Free Library organization!

Re-opened with a few new rules...

1. One Book Per Visit, Please

For the time being we're asking folks to take one book or comic at a time. We're hoping to relax that at some point, but for now we'd like to have enough for everyone who'd like a one. 

2. Always a Gift, Never for Sale

This is really for those who either don't know how little free libraries work--or intend to sell any books they borrow--we shouldn't have to say this, but...

Feel free to read, share, and return at your convenience, but please don't take them with the intention of reselling them. The Library of Justice is for the greater benefit of everyone in our community who'd like a book to read. Know that book stores in the area will not purchase a book that's been stamped by a little free library. We have our own particular stamp so folks know from where it came. Area shops have agreed to honor that commitment to keep these books in the LFL community.

We've put a temporary sign to help remind borrowers while we wait for our official one to come from the Little Free Library organization. 

Have a Book to Return?

For those that have a book to bring back to the library, now is a good time to do so, as we restock the library's inventory. :)

Now, if it would just stop raining, we could do a little upkeep....

An (unexpected) update...

We've been closed for all of 48 hours and already things have been busy around here! First, we had a flurry of emails and messages, as well as neighbors stopping by--to talk about what happened the other day. I can't even put into words how amazing the response as been. Several folks have offered to donate more books and help restore trust. I can't go further with out saying a heartfelt "thank you" to you guys.

Then this afternoon, we received a call from Mr. Todd Bol, one of the founders of the Little Free Library organization who's offered to help clarify how the LFL concept works with some "Always a Gift, Never for Sale" signage and book stamps. He was not only generous but intensely motivated to help "get this fixed". He said something that really resonated, that he believed in the "genius of the community". Mr. Bol might have his way of defining that, but to me, it just means that the simple act of sharing serves to bind us together as a community. That's a pretty powerful idea.

Finally, we had some visitors at the Library today. Rather, the couple that had scooped up our books on Tuesday evening returned, and this time, they were putting books into the Library. We'd seen them, but didn't get outside in time to talk to them before they departed. None of the books are the same ones that were removed, but the point being they appeared to try to be making amends. 

We'd put a sign in the Library notifying borrowers that it was closed for the time being, and still they added books to it, which of course makes me feel like we were wrong to close it. But we weren't sure at the time if we'd just be throwing even more books away at that point. So in a day full of heartwarming returns, this one was most welcome. 

At this time, the Library is still closed, but we hope to reopen soon. We're hopeful that that our patrons (sharers and borrowers) will return with us.