Daily Princetonian:
I’m speechless. The internet’s about to become a much, much deeper place. University Library joins Google Book Search. Do you folks know how big Firestone Library is? The main building goes underground for floors. The card catalogs have directions to the nearest light switches, because it would cost too much to light it all. It used to be open to the public when I was in high school, and it was rated the thirteenth largest library in the world, then. It was my favorite place to go research book reports. It’s inadequate to just say “WOW.”
Google, you’d better be careful with those volumes. Some are very old, beautiful and fragile. Here’s a local Princeton author I used to know personally, who lived just around the corner from where I grew up. He spent years studying Jefferson, eventually building a modest brick house on Prospect Avenue [center one in the group of three, exact center of view] from one of Jefferson’s plans: Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker. Given his name, it may not seem surprising, but how many today follow up on the provenance of their monikers? The reason I brought him up (you were wondering, weren’t you?) was that Firestone Library carries all of his books. I can’t wait. I can finally read the rest of his canon.
I’m writing incoherently, I’m so excited. Sorry.
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A little incoherence is a GOOD thing. Chuckles ensue. Thanks. I never knew that about Princeton’s library.
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