library quest success!
I got back up to Cornell today -- as on Friday, I took a bus because climbing East Hill in the cold is not my idea of a fun time, and climbing East Hill in the cold on icy sidewalks is even less appealing -- and am now the happy owner of a Cornell University library card.
It only lasts one month, because it costs $250 per year for a non-affiliated person to get library privileges beyond, you know, being in the building and other basic things like that, and I am neither made of money nor in need of university borrowing privileges as a general rule. But I only need the books for a month anyway, so eh, who cares. And I am quite willing to shell out $25 for a one-month card, because aside from wanting to write an awesome and historically accurate Yuletide fic, I want to read these books for general knowledge purposes. It is always good to learn more about the world!
I have five single-volume books, one double-volume book, and one pamphlet-ish thing. I foresee a LOT of reading in my future.
*gleefully dives in*
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It only lasts one month, because it costs $250 per year for a non-affiliated person to get library privileges beyond, you know, being in the building and other basic things like that, and I am neither made of money nor in need of university borrowing privileges as a general rule. But I only need the books for a month anyway, so eh, who cares. And I am quite willing to shell out $25 for a one-month card, because aside from wanting to write an awesome and historically accurate Yuletide fic, I want to read these books for general knowledge purposes. It is always good to learn more about the world!
I have five single-volume books, one double-volume book, and one pamphlet-ish thing. I foresee a LOT of reading in my future.
*gleefully dives in*
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