Redmond Historical Society
Virtual Saturday Speaker Series
Saturday, 10:30 AM, February 12, 2022
"Catching a Map Thief"
Zoom Webinar
To register: https://tinyurl.com/RHSMapThief
Speaker: Robert Lopresti, Author and retired Librarian
In 2006, there was a major map theft at Western Washington University. Retired librarian and mystery author Robert Lopresti will talk about a two-year investigation by WWU personnel that resulted in the conviction of a man who had stolen publications from more than 100 libraries around the country.
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| Robert Lopresti (RHS) |
Author and retired Librarian
Robert Lopresti was a government information librarian for more than 40 years, mostly at Western Washington University. He is retired and holds the rank of professor emeritus. His book When Women Didn’t Count, which shows how the lives of women have been hidden and distorted by federal statistics, won the Lane/Saunders Memorial Research Award. He is also a prize-winning author of mysteries, with two novels and more than eighty short stories published.
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