Disruptive Library Patrons Disturb the Peace

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THE LATE LADY BIRD JOHNSON once said: "Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest." That sounds nice, but in reality, along with all those who enter with interest come a few oddballs, malcontents and general pests.

So what's worse? Disruptive teenagers in Montgomery County's libraries or the cast of characters, including the "computer squatters" who camp out at D.C.'s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library downtown, pictured at right?

That's a tough call.

» "Library Disruptions Raising Concern" [WaPo]
» "The Library System's Techies Are No Match for D.C.'s Computer Squatters" [City Paper]

Photo by James M. Thresher/The Washington Post