I've always had a tendency to seek out nerdly delights wherever I travel, but over the past year or so it's definitely hit a fever pitch. As my interest and knowledge of rare books grows, I get more familiar with the places where they're kept and know where to look when I travel. I've been referring to this trajectory as Nerd Tourism, though I'm ( Read more... )

I have access to my server again (although my email is still pretty wonky, FYI) but I managed to get my pictures from Pittsburgh up. I was there for about 5 days for my first on-campus session of my FastTrack MLIS program at University of Pittsburgh, and although I'm a little too tired now to write in great detail, I had a fantastic time and met ( Read more... )