2009-01-22T12:04:33Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/a-philosophy-of-dictionaries-and-librariestag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/453/17132009-01-22T12:04:33ZSursumCorda<p>Thanks for commenting! I have cousins in Cincinnati; I'll have to pay them a visit and check out the library.</p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/453/17122009-01-22T08:19:07ZSebastian a lady<p>Thanks for mentioning my blog. I also have many library orphans on my shelves. I sympathize with the poor librarians. It would be a hard choice to try to balance new books that are avidly read (especially the light series books that our family calls popcorn books) with the quality literature that might not go out so often (especially when they are bound in drab rebindings that put off inexperienced readers.</p> <p>We frequently vacation in Cincinnati, where we can marvel at the Hamilton County Library, a huge library that still takes the research and preservation aspect of its charter seriously.</p>