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  • Book thieves stole 70,144 books from the Brooklyn Public Library in 2012

    02/01/2014 3:13:46 PM PST · by PROCON · 24 replies
    nydailynews ^ | Jan. 30, 2014 | Reuven Blau / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
    GED prep guides, nursing and other professional exam cliff notes were high on the list of frequently filched books — but so too were graphic novels, library officials said. Book thieves checked out but never returned 70,144 books from Brooklyn Public Library’s 60 cash-strapped branches in 2012, records show. GED prep guides, nursing and other professional exam cliff notes were high on the list of frequently filched books — but so too were graphic novels, library officials said. “Those are always going missing,” a librarian at the Brooklyn Heights branch told the Daily News Thursday.