pedrocobo:Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York / New York Public Library. (2)The first time I ent
pedrocobo:Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York / New York Public Library. (2)The first time I entered this room, at twenty-one, I asked a circulation librarian how one went about requesting books. Her response, with a saccharine patronizing smile: ‘Oh, honey. This is a research library. Scholars work here.’ Me, nonplussed: 'I’m interested in retrieving a modern edition of the records of the Office of the Revels for the years 1605-1618.’ Her, stricken: 'Oh.’She handed me a pile of request slips and pointed to a computer terminal. And that was that. -- source link