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Subject:        RE: Librarian to recount story of "map thief"
Date:   Fri, 8 Oct 2010 11:36:52 -0700
From:   Robert Lopresti <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Thanks to Heather for putting this up.  The talk went very well, with about 100 people in attendance.  More importantly it led indirectly to my discovering - as I recounted in an email that just went out to the list - that the thief involved, James Brubaker, is out on parole.

Rob


Rob Lopresti
Interim Map Librarian, Liaison for Huxley College and Government Information Librarian
Western Washington University
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From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 12:22 PM
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Subject: Librarian to recount story of "map thief"

All,
Via lisnews.org: Librarian to recount story of map thief.
First paragraph from article:
In 2006, Western librarian Rob Lopresti was involved in the
investigation of the theft of 648 pages that were torn from 102 rare
books in Western’s Wilson Library.
The investigation lasted two years and crossed state lines, finally
ending with the conviction of James L. Brubaker, who was sentenced to 30
months in federal prison and ordered to pay $23,000 in restitution –
most of it to Western.
The Western Front sat down with Lopresti to talk about the thefts.
http://westernfrontonline.net/news/12584-librarian-to-recount-story-of-map-thief
Heather Kinsinger
Secretary, New York Map Society
www.nymapsociety.org<http://www.nymapsociety.org>
914-498-9797