The students often hang out. Home study university courses require proctored exams, as do Florida insurance exams. Down in the basement, below the reading room, is a beehive of activity. Book reviews are read to decide future buys. Inter-library loan books arrive by courier in bright red bags.
New books come by mail.
Carol Durrence, technical services coordinator, gave your columnist the tour of books being logged in, stamped, cataloged, covered and sometimes repaired. Back upstairs in reference, the questions keep coming. The first person to call or e-mail the correct answer to me gets his or her name and comments in a future column. Stop by any library and find out what's happening during National Library Week this week. If you don't have one, get a library card.