Comments on: A READING ROOM

By: Savi

Savi — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:59:56 +0000

I recall the grand, vaulted-ceiling reading room in the Des Moines Public Library… My father took me often to that impressive structure downtown on the river. I would wander about as well as look up books, while he stayed in that reading room. In those days, the room was full of silent, absorbed people. In your photo of the NY reading room… these days, it seems there are but few people there….. Our brand-new Durango library has several “living rooms” to read in and they are well-used. So are the online computers, as I’m certain is the case in NY.

By: Melissa Holloman

Melissa Holloman — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:47:07 +0000

Currently, I'm working as a paraprofessional in Stanford's Green Library, and given that's my local environment, I can't help but respect and enjoy two reading rooms in that library (it kills me, as a UC Berkeley alum, to say that!): The Lane Reading Room The Bender Room

By: admin

admin — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:01:52 +0000

I’ve actually recently returned from a week-long research trip at the Library of Congress for my thesis. However, I didn’t get to do any work in the formal reading room — I was in the very utilitarian Manuscript Reading room in the fifties-era Madison Building. It was still a very fulfilling experience.

By: Lea Mason

Lea Mason — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:27:54 +0000

It would be a great experience to go to Washington D.C. and do research in the

By: Lea Mason

Lea Mason — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:26:15 +0000

It would be a great experience to go to Washington D.C. and do researc in the

By: Emily Ransom

Emily Ransom — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:42:39 +0000

Credit is certainly due to the great outdoors… a beachfront adirondack chair overlooking Half Moon Bay!