Could it be that Washington, DC
Has the world's two best libraries?
The Smithsonian Institution & the LC.
Nothing truly rhymes with libraries.
Excuse my doggerel poem. We're visiting the Dibner Collection at the Smithsonian NMAH on the second to last day of class, December 4, from 3:00 to 4:30. Details to follow.
PS: It is a reasonable argument: DC has probably the two most amazing encyclopedic libraries anywhere in the world. Think about the Smithsonian Institution Libraries as a single library over multiple sites. Think about the foresight of the Library of Congress to archive Twitter. Think about DC libraries not simply as collections but as hubs of knowledge generation. Above all, think about librarians and their initiative to provide access and help to all. To me, librarians are heroic.
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