The Story of the Great Book Scare

The story is actually inspired by how post it notes came tobe. In the beining of the twentieth century, the great book scare was a panic that led people to think that books could be contaminated with diseases. People who were suspected of having a disease could be fined up to forty shillings if they borrowed, lent or returned library books. The panic eventually subsided when people realized that librarians weren't getting sick at any higher rate than normal people.

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