This symmetrical square with its clean-swept cobblestones is archaically noble. A cool feudal breeze blows out of the antechamber. The second antechamber.
Servants scurry back and forth on the quietest of feet.
The inlayed wooden floors squeak discretely, afraid they might disturb. After all, in the depots there are almost two million books. I had to give the servant the slip of paper and come back on the next day. We owe this charming description of a visit to the Austrian National Library to Anton Kuh, one of the prominent Viennese authors of the interwar period. The future of information is digital, and the Austrian National Library has put out three interactive CDs that present its most important and best protected treasures.