When British Telecom wanted to take away the iconic red phone booth in the southern England town of Westbury-sub-Mendip, the locals sprang into action. The rescued phone booth has become one of the smallest libraries in the world, and it's all run by volunteers.
The Westbury-sub-Mendip library is open 24 hours a day and has a light inside for midnight browsing. The selection of 100 books, CDs, and DVDs comes entirely from the private libraries of the townsfolk. They bring in books they've read and swap them out for books they haven't yet read.
Periodically, volunteers check to see what products are moving and what aren't. The books most read get shipped off to a local charity shop and replaced with new books. It's a lot like the library you have in your town, except more efficient and significantly more compact.
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