![]() ![]() When a library cat was removed from its institution in Putnam Valley, New York, the institution suffered financially. ![]() Another considered removal was because of the library cat's reaction to service animals. In one case, there were attempts to remove a cat from a library, based upon concerns of patrons with allergies claiming violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The relationship between libraries and cats is at times contentious. Many cats enjoy high-profile professional roles of marketing and public relations. Library cats have appeared as characters in books and movies, are immortalized in stone in front of their institutions, and some are given positions on the institution's board. During the nineteenth century, the British government compensated those libraries that housed cats, on the understanding that they kept rodents away from books. The descendants of these cats now live in the State Hermitage museum. ![]() In 1745, Russian Empress Elisabeth published an order to transport cats to her court. Monastic records from the Middle Ages indicate cats were kept in medieval monasteries in order to control rats that might otherwise eat valuable manuscripts. The relationship between cats and libraries is centuries old. ![]()
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