Time flies when you don't have time to look at the clock! Only three weeks till the end of my first year of grad school!
Not much new here but homework, homework and more homework – in the next three weeks I need to (start and) complete a 20 paper on the history of a CA library (mine being the Palo Alto PL) a 10 page paper on the use of Community Analysis and Knowledge Management in the archival field, with specific applications in the local history field, 2 finals and a quiz – needless to say I am freaked out and in a bit of denial of how many hours I will put in studying and writing in the days to come.
There is a very good motivation for me to finish on time however, (beyond not failing my classes!!) I am going to visit my friend Amy in NYC again the day after finals are over! For the past 4 years I have been to NYC between 2 and 5 times a year and I have to say the city does have a mysterious and exhilarating draw (not to mention the wonderful company of a great friend!) We have a very busy 6 days planned with a trip upstate to visit our friend January’s new country house. (and of course, via the Woodbury Commons outlet mall, a.k.a. mecca as well as several antique stores)
While Amy is at work for a couple of the days I hope to visit the J. Pierpont Morgan Library as well as the NY-Historical Society’s library. I have been to several exhibits at the NY-HS, but never officially visited the library. Both have innumerable amounts of books from the past 500 years of printing as well as many incunabula pieces and irreplaceable manuscripts. Books contained in these special collections rarely see their way to the West coast so as a student I am fortunate to be able to see them on the East coast.
But, until May 18th , you will find me for about 12 hours a day with my nose in the quickly growing stacks of books obscuring my seemingly shrinking desk!