Stony Strafford Library is currently completely empty of books... after a protest against it's closure.
Guardian article here.
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The library at Stony Stratford, on the outskirts of Milton Keynes, looks like the aftermath of a crime, its shell-shocked staff presiding over an expanse of emptied shelves. Only a few days ago they held 16,000 volumes.Now, after a campaign on Facebook, there are none. Every library user was urged to pick their full entitlement of 15 books, take them away and keep them for a week. The idea was to empty the shelves by closing time on Saturday: in fact with 24 hours to go, the last sad bundle of self-help and practical mechanics books was stamped out. Robert Gifford, chair of Stony Stratford town council, planned to collect his books when he got home from work in London, but left it too late.
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This is interesting. But unfortunately it won't stop the closure.
It has got a lot of good publicity done, and hopefully can contribute to building up collective action to the point where some action could be taken which could prevent closure, such as occupying the library.