tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5304794654567879113..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The archetypal libraryBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-8923542667806361672018-01-12T18:14:12.799+00:002018-01-12T18:14:12.799+00:00@Karl - not that either...@Karl - not that either...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-3936955832489803132018-01-12T17:43:23.514+00:002018-01-12T17:43:23.514+00:00Successful fishing doesn't usually involve tre...Successful fishing doesn't usually involve treading water. But at the beginning of the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Lucy and Edmund and Eustace must tread water long enough for King Caspian's crew to fish them out of the sea.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030980000235824571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-51371192380193482002018-01-12T14:36:26.348+00:002018-01-12T14:36:26.348+00:00@Neal - Keep guessing...@Neal - Keep guessing...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-60833280248123132782018-01-12T14:22:15.883+00:002018-01-12T14:22:15.883+00:00My best guess at the reference is _The Wind in the...My best guess at the reference is _The Wind in the Willows_...?Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187518844525711470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-72807116317973101682018-01-12T07:57:59.281+00:002018-01-12T07:57:59.281+00:00Yes - physical browsing is irreplaceable - for tha...Yes - physical browsing is irreplaceable - for that reason I am never 'fond' of copyright libraries, where all books are ordered (I only know one well - that in Edinburgh). Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-2508061015689046352018-01-12T07:40:26.026+00:002018-01-12T07:40:26.026+00:00One of the most memorable and formative experience...One of the most memorable and formative experiences of my life was working in the Hoover Institution Library at Stanford University. As a closed-stacks library, my job as a page was retrieving patron requests and reshelving books and other materials. I learned more from browsing the shelves and reading while sitting on the steps of the Hoover Tower stairwell than in all of my undergraduate courses combined. One of the downsides of e-books is losing the opportunity for discovering what books are shelved alongside the one you came for.Nick Siekierskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079775908020129429noreply@blogger.com