Buy Fewer Books

Found, rather accidentally and tangentially, on Emily’s personal journal: WorldCat, a collaborative cataloging of library collections. There are arguable snags, of course. I was told, for example, that the closest library where I could find John Knox’s First Book of Discipline was the Newberry Library in Chicago; this, when I know from personal experience that Yale’s Beinecke library has one just three blocks from my office. WorldCat did present me with a low-visibiilty link to Yale's own catalog. In any case, libraries are a great way to save you money and clutter. (One would think this is dog-bites-man news, but best-seller lists suggest otherwise.)



Tk posted this on July 5, 2007 10:36 AM

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