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# Long shelf life doesn’t do a library good
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/long-shelf-life-doesnt-do-a-library-good-editor/
- Published: 2006-04-20T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:38:21.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Brentwood, #archive-import

*By Joyce Martino Santa Monica*

Each time I call my local branch for a book, I can almost never get it. The books I request are not in the Santa Monica system. Then I call the Brentwood Branch of the Los Angeles Library to get the books I’m looking for, and they have the books.

It’s mindboggling that our city can “blow” almost $80 million on a structure, and I can’t get my books in my hometown.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 20, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/042006.pdf?ref=smdp.com)