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...simple word a librarian suggested that I keep in mind when dealing with books was a calm, stern reminder--"respect...
Respect that you may hold in your hands the dried-up remains of the sweat of a man 400 years dead. Don't drop them, the librarian said. Respect that you hold wrought leaves of paper that were molded and dried long seasons ago into these pages, and that they have drunk up the learning of generations. Don't pull it from the top or the binding will break, the librarian said. Ultimately, respect that what you hold is a treasure brought out of the fog of time, out of the mind of a master, whose message to the world...
Baker staff said they have no control over the problem. "We do alert the facilities department when the library is uncomfortably cold," Librarian Mary Chatfield wrote in reply to Franzblau's complaint. "But it is a fact of life that the building will be chilly and drafty at times, especially on windy days...
...workers at Hilles, some of whom did their work by flashlight, were about to have the night off when the power returned, and Hilles and Lamont Librarian Heather E. Cole announced, "we are going to stay open, it's reading period...
...Librarian of Congress, James Billington, a historian of Russian culture who speaks the language, probed for a glimpse of the underlying vision that Gorbachev might hold. How would the Soviet government, he asked, officially commemorate the millennium of Christianity in Russia next year? Gorbachev deftly avoided the question by indicating that his nation's ecclesiastical authorities were making the preparations. How "Russian" was the man? wondered Billington; then he queried him about Soviet writers. Gorbachev's reading was current, and included the so-called village writers, who have deplored the loss of rural values in Russia...