Some particularly eloquent and interesting reflections on this and
other library problems here :
http://standrewsrarebooks.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/reflections-on-girolamin…
June S
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From: Jennifer Lowe <jlowe3(a)slu.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:20:05 -0500
After yesterday's forgery revelations, the mere theft side of the
Girolamini scandal will seem like old hat. For those following it,
though,
here are a few updates.
First, two new arrests: Federico Roncoletta and Marco Ceriano of Verona.
All suspects are now charged not only with embezzlement, but with criminal
conspiracy. The count of alleged stolen books is up to 2,200 and may
grow with the Zisska returns:
http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/notizie/cronaca/2012/9-giu…
Even hotter off the press is the news that more Girolamini books were
found in a Rome apartment that has a phone number registered in Marino
Massimo De Caro's name, and that is also occasionally used by Senator
Dell'Ultri and
his aide. I am unclear on the nuances here, but it seems as if the official
search of the apartment was blocked by a claim of "Constitutional
protection" of the Senator's parliamentary privileges:
http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2012/06/11/news/girolamini_il_gip_il_se…
In this next article, the investigating judge Francesca Ferri describes De
Caro as the head of an international criminal organization, and the
emptying of the Girolamini Library not as a crime of opportunity, but as an
organized "looting" arranged in all its phases and carried out methodically
from the very beginning of his appointment:
http://www.larena.it/stories/dalla_home/372817_biblioteca_girolamini_svuota…
Please pardon any distortions of meaning caused by my imperfect Italian.
For those like me who need a crutch, I recommend google translate:
http://translate.google.com/
I also enjoyed Daryl Green's reflections in the University of St. Andrews
Special Collections blog, "Echoes from the Vault." It certainly has the
best caption that has yet been applied to the infamous 3-handed photo of De
Caro:
http://standrewsrarebooks.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/reflections-on-girolamin…
Jenny Lowe
RBMS Security Committee
http://www.rbms.info/committees/security/theft_reports/theft_reports_2012.s…
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