Oh library sweet library [rolls eyes]

So our library on campus is not as great as you would think it should be [considering the type of students that come here from all over (there was a prince here last semester)]. But no… the library here is really basically crap. But I do appreciate that I can at least find things in this library [not that there is a lot to find, but hey..]. On Thursday, Whit and I went out to make use of our extra time and attempt to be studious by finding a different library and simply getting books, sitting down, and researching. We didn’t even want to check the books out or anything. So we get there, a little place about a 25 min. walk from school, and walk in to find a room smaller than our library on campus. Okay, we think, this can’t be that bad, they have computers so we’ll just look up the list of books I need. So we attempt to do this and actually get some call numbers. Then we find the ‘art/architecture’ section and try to find these books. And we search, and we search….the call numbers are crap. I have no idea how they file these book, and the librarians that were there were mean looking so I wasn’t about to ask them. I found one book, which wasn’t even on my list but had the house I was looking for in it. So we ditched the library/studious idea and came home empty handed.

Then yesterday, we decide we’re going to the mother library: the British Library. We walk the 40 min. walk to this great building with a pretty cool sculpture in front. We walk in, already a bit confused, but go to the computers thinking this is a good place for us to start. HA! It’s just a big joke on us, I swear! No luck, so we decided that we’re going to enter the Humanities room. Oh wait, except that it says you have to have special admittance to get in! So we go down to information and ask what we need to get in there and study [once again, not to check out books! We just want to be in there and study!]. The woman then tells us we first need a list of books that we can not find at any other library and then [as if that isn’t enough], we have to have 2 forms of identification. Can you believe that? So their books are only for the elite smart people/researchers! Why don’t they put that in the title if that’s the case “The British Researchers Library” [shakes head]. I still can’t believe it. What a waist of books!
Anyway, I’m off to research on-line and write another paper [one down 3 to go!].

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