By "closed stacks" I just mean "not browsable by the patron". You can request any book in the stacks to be retrieved, and it's a fairly timely system, but I've always found my gems of books by wandering through shelves, not wandering through the library catalog.
I was allowed my laptop, which is a darn good thing, because otherwise the books would be basically useless for my purpose (making a list of the names of the children of foreigners living in London in 1571. I suppose I could do it all by hand, and THEN type it in, but gah! that would have been irritating, so I'm glad I don't have to. :))
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Re: How bizarre
Date: 2006-06-09 04:35 pm (UTC)I was allowed my laptop, which is a darn good thing, because otherwise the books would be basically useless for my purpose (making a list of the names of the children of foreigners living in London in 1571. I suppose I could do it all by hand, and THEN type it in, but gah! that would have been irritating, so I'm glad I don't have to. :))