We've been told by Wal-Mart that the decision would be made on a store-by-store basis based on demand. The NRA and our members will be watching closely to make sure they stay true to their word.

Some of these changes not only are things that are better for the library, but they're based on student comments. So we did this in a way to not only make it more accessible to students, but to give them a better place to study.

It's a subscription-based model. [Firms] pay on a per-user, per-year basis.

There's so much character and history in that than there ever would be in a Wal-Mart.

We're trying to prepare for Wal-Mart, ... We wanted someone interested in the store, not the stock price. We were intrigued with AWI (Associated Wholesalers), a true cooperative owned by its store-customers. We started buying off them in September-October of last year and the more business we did, the more we liked them.

His decision seemed to leave John Spencer, a former mayor of Yonkers, as the party's most likely challenger.