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I went from newsaggregators back to reading the International Herald Tribune, but still in digital form. The aggregators either give you an experience that is too narrowly focused on certain fields of interest or you are being overwhelmed with with articles, most of which are not really very interesting.
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03-05-2013, 04:02 AM | #167 |
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I was reading a novel this morning and encountered the term, "Lord Woolton's Pie." I was curious so I got on the internet and typed in the phrase for Google. Bingo. Then I considered what I would have done in 1955 to find out what the phrase meant and what my likelihood of success would have been. My answer didn't involve the library. I would have contacted my dear friend, Noreen, who went through the Blitz in London. She would have probably known. But, at the library, I don't know where I would have started.
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03-05-2013, 07:23 AM | #169 | |
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I would stop at the information desk at the library and ask for help. Librarians that I've met are generally knowledgeable about books and information, and are experts in finding what you're looking for. Sure, you might not find your answer to that question, but I'm willing to bet that a librarian would have been willing to spend the time to help you. A key source for those of us without a Noreen in our lives... |
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03-05-2013, 08:08 AM | #170 |
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I am not in any way knocking the new libraries. They do not resemble the libraries of 50 years ago, though, as the post about going to a PC in a library in 1955 illustrates. Perhaps the discussion in the original post was about traditional, nostalgic, libraries.\
Take a look at the other thread on "Reading Rooms" and think that now you don't have to have books in your "reading room". You don't even have to have a room. You just read. Last edited by patrickt; 03-05-2013 at 08:16 AM. |
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Sregener is quite right about asking the librarian about Lord Woolton's Pie. If I had been the librarian in 1955, I would have walked over to the shelf and pulled down Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (originally published in 1870 -latest revision 2012).
When I checked the Amazon.com entry, I "looked inside" and found Woolton Pie right between Wool and Woolworth! |
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Libraries have always been a fountain of information and librarians the same. They still have the skill and knowledge to direct people to find the information that they seek. That, in and of itself, is worthwhile.
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03-07-2013, 12:05 PM | #176 | |
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I'd say it's either two (Gallia Cisalpina & G. Transalpina) or more than three: G. Transpadana, G. Cispadana, G. Narbonensis (aka 'Provincia Romana', the modern Provence) & G. Comata (pretty much everything else south to the Pyrenees and north to the Rhine) You could split G. Comata even further into G. Belgica, G. Aquitania & G. Lugdunensis, getting up to 6 The only way to get to 3 that makes some sense is G. Cisalpina, G. Narbonensis/Provincia Romana & G. Comata. Or am I overthinking this? |
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C'mon. Gaul was divided into four parts. Anyone who says different needs to talk to the gentleman below.
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