100% on the MRR!!! I lived a few blocks from the library for several years while doing the PhD thing up at Maryland. I spent months in the main reading room for my dissertation. I had my own shelf, and I felt like I truly had arrived at a pinnacle of nerdom, and I could not have been happier. Though the seats tried to steal my joy! I had to BYOC, and take my own cushion. And security always searched it at the end of the day to be sure I wasn't smuggling Superman out in it.
Sad to here it's light on folks these days. It was always hoppin' when I was there. I loved wrestling through the pages with all those fellow nerds while tourists took photos from above.
I should have thought of a cushion, but I was too bedazzled. It must have been great to be there with loads of researchers. When they closed down the central librarian's desk in the Main Reading Room, it also really changed the atmosphere. So far, they haven't built whatever it was they were supposed to build underneath it, so maybe the next Librarian will restore its central function.
100% on the MRR!!! I lived a few blocks from the library for several years while doing the PhD thing up at Maryland. I spent months in the main reading room for my dissertation. I had my own shelf, and I felt like I truly had arrived at a pinnacle of nerdom, and I could not have been happier. Though the seats tried to steal my joy! I had to BYOC, and take my own cushion. And security always searched it at the end of the day to be sure I wasn't smuggling Superman out in it.
Sad to here it's light on folks these days. It was always hoppin' when I was there. I loved wrestling through the pages with all those fellow nerds while tourists took photos from above.
I should have thought of a cushion, but I was too bedazzled. It must have been great to be there with loads of researchers. When they closed down the central librarian's desk in the Main Reading Room, it also really changed the atmosphere. So far, they haven't built whatever it was they were supposed to build underneath it, so maybe the next Librarian will restore its central function.
Enjoyed the post. Am looking forward to the release of National Treasure next year!
Thank you, I appreciate it!