#librarylove

First book for this month will be Alchemised. I am so excited!! 🖤🖤

Admont Abbey library, Admont, Austria

(Stift Admont - Bibilothek und Museum)

Built in 1776, known for Baroque art and architecture. The secret door leading to the balcony

Also, I'm not really used to dealing with librarians much because most of my research life is just me, a database, and some kind of psychological decline, and when I do need using a physical library, it's usually all automated anyway.

However, today I ended up interacting with all three librarians at the Big Important Archive™️and... wow.

They were all so professional, so helpful, so genuinely kind! And what got me the most was that they seemed excited that I was excited, which somehow made the whole thing even more special, if it makes sense?

Anyway, I remember reading somewhere that librarians are a special kind of people, and honestly, after today, I get it.

Imagine renovating your home and finding a library book inside a bricked fireplace. That happened in Kiama, Australia. The book, Antiquities of Athens, the 1858 edition, was borrowed 150 years ago. It was recorded as the 506th item added to the Kiama Library collection.

Do you return a book when the overdue fee reaches 28,000 dollars? Luckily, the library chose to forgive the debt and put the historic volume into their local history section instead.