Thursday, February 13, 2014

Bizzell Memorial Library - Dylan Alford

Taken by Flickr user tylerphotos

Whether trying to find a copy of the Physics textbook that you've put off buying for weeks or maybe you want to peruse some of Galileo's original manuscripts - Bizzell has got you covered with its literal millions of books, microfilms, and other texts. It's my particular building because I happen to work there almost every day. As such, I've seen all of the nooks and crannies in the decks and recovered books that haven't been seen in years after falling behind shelves.

Taken by Dylan Alford
Just as knowledge permeates the building, students do as well. Check out some of the walls on the first deck and you'll see that it has its own written history, although probably not of the sort of quality that the administrators would like. Seriously, there's some gnarly stuff scrawled on the walls. But for as bad as that may sound, it's actually cool to know that students just like ourselves have used such a space for similar purposes. The sense of history is palpable throughout.

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