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I’m a little late in posting about this, but I have to mention that despite being thwarted in my efforts to take the train (“Sold out?” I said to the Amtrak operator, incredulously. “I didn’t even know trains could sell out!” This from someone who spent a Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend on an Amtrak train to Boston during college sitting on his luggage between the cars of the train. The whole 3 hour ride. In November. They sure as heck didn’t sell tickets based on seats back then), I made it to Chicago another way (shout-out to Illini Express Shuttle!)and in time for the 10:30am tour of the Newberry. I hadn’t expected it to be sobig, especially the massive general reading room and reference area. The Special Collections reading room (or “fish bowl”) was almost empty, but was interesting for its transparency and orderlyness. I chickened out and, perhaps influenced by HCL’s draconian in-building photo policies, feared retribution should I try to document it in any way.<\/p>\n![\"Printers'](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/scref\/files\/2009\/06\/dscn5076-225x300.jpg\")
I was, though, at the number and variety of booths and the amount of people attending, despite the impending showers. I did manage to just finish my walk-through of all the booths before the showers began, and the plastic sheeting was whipped out to cover shelves in danger.<\/p>\n