So, last week we went on an 'in-depth' tour of the Bird library. I was quite interested in knowing more about the man the library was named after, Ernest Bird, but frankly could not find out much about him except that he graduated from Syracuse in 1916. I did find out that this library has 2.3M volumes, not too shabby compared to my 3,000.
We saw many of the services that are performed from book preservation to book wrapping (to care for older books). The most fascinating aspect of the tour was seeing some of the old collections. A book which came from Queen Elizabeth's private library, early stone tablets (no, not the original Ten Commandments), and a very unique diary with notes from the holocaust.
The tour was very interesting, especially seeing how much work goes in to preserving the collection. It made me think about digital libraries and how the future of the printed book is coming to an end. [sigh].
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