New storage facility for the Bodleian!

I am amused by the title of this article: "What do you do with 8 million books? Build a shelf 153 miles long," by Richard Garner, The Independent. They offer pretty darned good retrieval times, and the thought that they were storing books in a former salt mine makes all kinds of alarms go off in my head.

(No, I'm not really a librarian myself, although I worked part-time in a couple of libraries when I was younger. My userpic is a quote from the third Librarian movie, and I just love it!)

New storage facility for the Bodleian!

I am amused by the title of this article: "What do you do with 8 million books? Build a shelf 153 miles long," by Richard Garner, The Independent. They offer pretty darned good retrieval times, and the thought that they were storing books in a former salt mine makes all kinds of alarms go off in my head.

(No, I'm not really a librarian myself, although I worked part-time in a couple of libraries when I was younger. My userpic is a quote from the third Librarian movie, and I just love it!)

"Mapping Ancient Germania"

Thanks to or_mabinogi for a fascinating article on "Mapping Ancient Germania"! The title of the first part is a little misleading; it wasn't a matter of cracking a deliberate code but of correcting for a series of errors. Note too that despite the caption, the first photo can't be "A 2nd-century map"; the article mentions a thirteenth-century copy, and perhaps that is it. That's not a picture of a second-century manuscript.

Yes, I'm nitpicky. It's still really exciting! As the second part of the article suggests, this research may help archaeologists have a better sense of where to focus their efforts.

"Mapping Ancient Germania"

Thanks to or_mabinogi for a fascinating article on "Mapping Ancient Germania"! The title of the first part is a little misleading; it wasn't a matter of cracking a deliberate code but of correcting for a series of errors. Note too that despite the caption, the first photo can't be "A 2nd-century map"; the article mentions a thirteenth-century copy, and perhaps that is it. That's not a picture of a second-century manuscript.

Yes, I'm nitpicky. It's still really exciting! As the second part of the article suggests, this research may help archaeologists have a better sense of where to focus their efforts.