Other than your local library, have you ever visited a library or archive? What kind? Why? How far away from you?
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Yeah- this big new fancy library downtown. It ain't my local branch, but it's still close to me. I go there for the computers alot, but next time I go I'll be checkin' out books.
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Yes, the library is Bitburg, Germany to read books.
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I've been to 3 US Presidential Library because I'm a history buff, and I was curious to see what these presidents thought was important enough to archive about their own presidencies.
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Yes. The state archives and genealogical library. Two floors down from my office.
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The New York Public Library. It's BIG. Also the Library of Congress while touring DC. It's REALLY BIG!
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The library with the largest collection of books I have ever visited is the 'National Library' in Calcutta, India. Here they have books published during the 150 years from all over the world. If you need to refer to any out of print book or make a copy of it National Library, Calcutta is the place you must go to. 1200 miles from my home here. . The most interesting library I have visited is the Manuscripts library in Trivandrum, India. Here manuscripts in palmyrah leaves in Sanskrit waiting to be transcribed collected from all over India are stored in weather conditioned moisture controlled rooms. Manuscripts ranging from 5000 years to 500 years in palmyrah leaf originals available to anyone qualified to examine them. As I have a qualification in Sanskrit I have been able to gain access to this library. 150 miles away from my home. Entry by special permission only.
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I've been to several university libraries and on online archive of some classics. They are within 30 miles of me (the ones I currently go to when I need to do a literature review). But the online library is close. I just click the link, and I'm there. http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
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I was visiting my son in northern California years ago and I was also doing some research for a project at work. I happened upon a Law Library to which the public would have access. You couldn't check any books out of course, it was simply a research/resource center. I spent a few hours there checking out some things. I felt very privileged in that environment. Happy Wednesday! :)
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The Bodleian Library, The British Library, Library of Congress, British National Archive (Kew), US National Archives (D.C. and College Park), The Woodrow Wilson stacks at Princeton, Jimmy Carter Library, Reagan Library, Nixon Library, Gerald Ford Library (Ann Arbor), Lincoln Library (Knox College), Herbert Hoover Library, JF Kennedy Library, George HW Bush Library, and the LBj Library... I like libraries!
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I've been to the Library of Congress in D.C. and the Bill Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR.
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For me, it's been colleges, universities, medical schools, etc (I'm not referring to places where I've been enrolled as a student). I like going to them because their selections are so varied and offer such in-depth material. I can't check anything out from these places, but they allow you to read, do research, let you languish for hours on end, etc. I've done this in the city where I live and when away on business trips, where it's an interesting and inexpensive way to while away boredom/monotony.
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The Huntington Library In San Marino Ca., About a 3.5 Hr. drive south. Really cool place with a botanical garden, art gallery / museum and a extreme collection of some of the rarest books I've ever seen. Something for everyone.
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