Story Ten: The longest streak within the first thousand books: the economy of Bangladesh

Recap: In 2022, twenty-four Minnesota libraries joined together in a commitment to retain over a half-million print books which are scarcely-held in Minnesota. It is called the Minnesota Shared Print Collection. Here is one of the stories from the Winona State share of the collection.

Every library collection has its unique qualities. The patterns of books in our retention list demonstrate where our collection differs from others. Within the first thousand volumes of our retention list labelled, the longest streak of consecutive separate titles (not just volumes of a series, such as in story three) was five, and those books deal with the economy of Bangladesh. Not only does that shelf have a run of five titles, but it has three additional retention titles. Apparently, our campus has had a strong interest historically in the economy of Bangladesh, stronger than other campuses in Minnesota. Below is one title in that streak. Note: this record run was ultimately matched by musical scores by Joaquín Rodrígo (see story twenty), and will likely be exceeded during further labeling.

Seabrook, Jeremy. Freedom Unfinished: Fundamentalism and Popular Resistance in Bangladesh Today. London: Zed Books, 2001.