Talk:Linda Hall Library

Statistics

Does it strike anyone as slightly odd that the article proudly cites the amount of flora on its grounds, but nary a word about the quantitative extent of its printed holdings. --Blainster 13:55, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

what does "The main reading room is open to the public, with thousands of monographs available on-hand" mean? 134.193.168.249

---There's a piece discussing how many journals and monographs we have further down. I also re-wrote the part about the main reading room. I suspect we'll be doing a total re-write in the next few weeks. Brigcmccoy 18:29, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

There is a discrepancy in the count of holdings, with the body text stating 2 million items (ref: kansas City Star 2006) and the infobox stating 500,000 items (New York Times 6 Nov 2009). Each source is credible. Also, the Libraries.org listing says 860,000 volumes updated Dec 2020. The holdings could have reasonably grown from 500k to 860k since 2009, but the 2006 ref is not congruous with the other two. Any ideas explaining the differences? Blainster (talk) 21:26, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Which initialism?

I linked the initialisms and disambig'ed one, but there is still one left. I have narrowed CSA down to either Canadian Space Agency, Canadian Standards Association, or Cub Scouts of America. Which is the lucky group to have its works housed here? :) --Blainster 14:15, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

--- Answer --- 'Cambridge Scientific Associates'. Brigcmccoy 18:24, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Careful How You Turn Those Library Pages!

The serials are kept in closed stacks, but the library's many helpful and good-looking pages are available to pull one from the underground.

Oh, my, there's a cornucopia of puns just waiting for harvest!

--Why do I have a feeling a page added that? :) Brigcmccoy 18:25, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Tazza

I see that the caption for the Tazza image says that it was a gift from Tsar Nicholas. It was actually a gift to the library from Helen Spencer in 1972. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaryBowser (talk • contribs) 13:45, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

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