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July 7 - August 20, 2018
“Would it be: A) robots silently whizzing their way through the library, restocking the shelves, B) the Electronic Learning Center, with three dozen plasma-screen TVs all connected to flight simulators and educational video games, or C) the Wonder Dome? Lined with ten giant video screens, it can make the whole building feel like a rocket ship blasting off into outer space!”
“A library doesn’t need windows, Andrew. We have books, which are windows into worlds we never even dreamed possible.”
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Serious adrenaline raced through his body as he tapped the call number for Huckleberry Finn into the hover ladder’s book locator keypad.
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computerized card catalog.
Just call it the library catalog or catalog. These kids never lived in a place with a library, i doubt they have so much experience with card catalogs that theyd need help wraing their heads around the idea of a computer search database.
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“So, what exactly are the Stacks?” asked Akimi, three steps behind Kyle. “It’s where the library stores its collection of research material,” said Sierra, who was two stairs behind Akimi.
steal the book geeks’ ideas.
“Okay,” said Miguel, “in here we’re gonna find General Knowledge. Almanacs, encyclopedias, bibliographies, books about library science…” “It’s a science?” said Akimi. “Where do they keep the chemicals?” “In the library paste,” joked Sierra,