Dear Editor:
On a recent visit to a Minto library, I asked the librarian where there was a complete Christian Bible including both New and Old Testaments, in a hard copy.
I sent two emails to the chief librarian asking why they were not available in each library. It would seem to be a reasonable request since there are 100 million copies printed each year with five billion distributed throughout the world. It is the most printed book ever.
The return email stated that there are multiple versions of the Bible throughout the 14-branch system, including eBooks and audio book versions, and that there is one hard copy in Wellington County available at the Hillsburgh Library that could be requested and sent to a local library.
Is it too much to ask that each branch has a physical copy available on the shelf for viewing by walk-in readers, without ordering ahead of time?
Vic Palmer,
Clifford