St. Pauls Cathedral LibraryA little known fact (at least to me) is that inside St. Paul's Cathedral there is an archive & library. Only 15 of our 19 person group was permitted to go - and at first I volunteered to sit this one out but on a whim I showed up downstairs "just in case" and as luck were to have it, I got to go - as 4 others didn't show. Our tour guide Yvonne was the best, she has been serving as a tour guide of St. Paul's for over 10 years. The highlight of the tour, however, was meeting the librarian of St. Paul's,, Joe Wisdom (his real name). The library is only open certain days and we lucked into a day that it was open.
I was also determined to go all the way up to the top of the cathedral - but almost didn't make it as the last 250 stairs up were on multiple wrought iron staircases that did crazy things to my vertigo & fear of heights - but I made it - and immediately came right back down. Thus is life.
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While studying for my MLIS, I am taking my love for diverse librarianship abroad for a semester to the heart of London in hopes of gaining firsthand knowledge and understanding about the history, organization, and maintenance of collections in historic British libraries, archives, and museums. ArchivesCategories |