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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3542888, member: 57463&quot;]Well.. you know... Over the years, I have benefited from several fine university libraries.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]941872[/ATTACH]</p><p>An Aisle in the 4 East Stacks at Michigan State University</p><p>(Close to the CJs ... 1979 to 2000)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]941873[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Classics Library at the University of Texas Austin is crammed into two different rooms. (2011 to Present)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]941874[/ATTACH]</p><p>Eastern Michigan University...</p><p>(2005-2010)</p><p><br /></p><p>I was actually enrolled at EMU. When I completed my MA, they degraded my library privileges to &quot;community&quot;: no renewals; three check-outs; no JSTOR...&nbsp; When I came to Austin, I had to prove my worth by being a patron in good standing with the city library. From there, I got a state library card, and from there, a UT card. Community privileges here include 50 check-outs, unlimited renewals, and JSTOR (on campus).</p><p><br /></p><p>It was at MSU that I used their BMCs, and SNGs, and Hill and Head and all the rest to attribute &quot;study lots&quot; of Roman and Greek coins. I had to pay for privileges, but as a Michigan resident (and eventually a property owning taxpayer) it was like $30 for a lifetime or something. When we moved to Ann Arbor, I went to the U of M library... once... $300 for non-U people to have a card.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best library card ever was Cleveland Public.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]941875[/ATTACH]</p><p>I grew up there, so I held a card continuously from 3rd grade through 12th and then adult.&nbsp; About 20 years later, I moved back to take a contract as a technical writer.&nbsp; But I lived in Michigan, really, home on the weekends and all. However, the library would give me a card if I had three pieces of mail at my address.&nbsp; So I wrote to President Clinton, Boutros Boutros-Ghalli, and John-Paul II and told them what great jobs they were doing. I got back three letters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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