THE library says the chain will pay about $43,000 a year for 1,730 square feet.

The library would not say how much money it is seeking.

Wood is right to think that "our libraries perhaps say nothing very particular about us at all."

This will translate into a $33 increase for the average taxpayer, the library says.

The library itself was unrecognizable, and no wonder: the foundation stone said 1970.

In recent years, the library has said it cannot afford to care for the items.

Our libraries perhaps say nothing very particular about us at all.

The library now says that books began to go missing in the early 1990s.

In some instances, the libraries said they did not have the resources to support the computers.

The library says the exhibition will be the first to explore the English language "in all its national and international diversity".