medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
This is not a story. This happens at Harvard, for inter-library loan &
for a non-Harvard person, in person, who has just seen it on the shelf.
DW
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>This reminds me of a story told by a friend about his visit to his alma mater,
>Oxford. All his old friends were complaining about requests for books coming
>back marked "NOS" meaning "not on shelf," which was regarded as a final action.
>They all asked him to complain about it because he was an American and "they
>would listen to him." The implication being that Oxford would not want to hear
>that university libraries in America were better.
>
>Maybe there is still enough Anglo-American academic rivalry that this tactic
>would be helpful?
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>V. K. Inman
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