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New library vending machines


Last Updated: Sunday, January 30, 2011 3:58 PM

The library is going 24-7.

The four corners area of Polk County does not have a library, but they seem to have found a solution.

At the Outpost 27 Tourism Information Office on Highway 27, the Polk Library Cooperative has set up two machines.

The machines are similar to Red Box movie rental machines. One of the machines has DVDs in it, and the other has best selling books.

To check something out, all you need to do is to swipe your library card.

"It just worked out great that we could help provide library services for people in this part of the county," said tourism official Hank Longo.

The vending machines are actually monitored by computers at the Polk County Library so the workers there can know how to keep the machines stocked before they run out of selections.

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