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Shelf life: Surprising finds at Rhode Island's libraries
A quest for The Sopranos leads to surprising finds at Rhode Island's libraries
12:36 PM EST on Thursday, March 10, 2005
BY KATHERINE IMBRIE
Journal Staff Writer
From all that has been written and said about the Internet and the wonders of the Web, you might conclude that actual physical libraries -- with stacks of books, racks of magazines, and shelves of DVDs and videotapes -- are deader than Ralphie on The Sopranos or Nathaniel Fisher on Six Feet Under.
But you would be wrong. Hopscotching around the state on a recent scattershot tour of its libraries (more on why later), I saw most of them humming, albeit quietly, with activity.
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A few favorites
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For an old city, Newport has a modern, brick box of a library (on Spring Street, just off Memorial Boulevard). But it is well-used and well-supplied, with an especially strong collection of audio books. It also has the distinction of owning a complete collection of videos of the 1960s horror classic TV show, Dark Shadows. (Some exteriors for the series were filmed in Newport.)[/b]
You can read the full story about how you can search for treasures at your own local libraries here (http://www.projo.com/yourlife/content/projo_20050310_shelflife.1de0a8d.html).
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