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Future history is treasured in Denver Public Library
It is 6.00 am. Nebraska alarm. Temperatures are below zero in the mother ship. This to me is Bruce country. Today we have to cross it to get to Denver, Co and it turns out to be the big void. A sort of Bermuda triangle. We lose all contact. No cell phone or internet. Just asphalt and flat emptiness. But I love it. The great hunger for stories is upon us once again so Silver Surfer ride the highway once again. The great thing is that we pass into in another time zone so we gain 1 hour. Just in time for a delicious lunch with a local bite of Tamales we are welcomed by Diane Lapierre , Michelle Laurie, Jo and other friendly staff members. What a great place. The entrance reminds a little of an old railway station with beautiful floors and gates to the different departments. We get on board and go back in time with John, who shows us that they are digitalizing the old archives in order to preserve them for the future. This is done with great care and respect and they still maintain the old maps and card system and furniture. There are works of art on the wall that show American history and the library definitely helps people to know more about where they come from. In contrast with this form of keeping stories, this library is very modern in the way they share their stories. Besides the amazing website http://denverlibrary.org/. They have an online video lending system that we would love to have in Delft. It draws many patrons to their website and is often used. This is best practice indeed. If we as libraries work together and get more rights to more materials to lend out online we will reach more people. Remember if we don’t do it somebody else will. So let’s get hold of this part of future library service and work together. Thanks for everything. We are on our way to Monterey and still enjoying these left over Tamales. For one single moment the hunger is gone and we lay back peacefully in the mother ship.
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Hello and thanks again for sharing your experiences with us. You left a very big impression and we are grateful for the inspiration. We’ll be keeping our eyes on DOK and the LBI. We’re hoping our library path’s will cross again in the future!
-all the best on your journey,
laurie
p.s.
Thanks for the shirts!
We’re sorry you didn’t get a chance to meet kitty.
Dearest Eric! Makes Ireland look teeny!! Wow what a trip. Congratulations to you all. Call me if you ever come home. Loads of love.
Pat Young xx
hee guys,
you three looked good in the newspaper (ik dacht eigenlijk even aan een nieuwe boyband…)
Ik check jullie site geregeld en heb me zelfs al door enkele interviews geworsteld (barbara ford en paul holdengrabler).
Hee Erik, tegen de laatste zei je na het interview zeker: “I’ll be back!” of niet?
Enfin, dat was het even for now from mothership Delft.
p.s. Geert, neemt effe een kickie t-shirt voor me mee (maat XL if joe pliezzz)
hev fun,
grRUUD
Great video gyys, and beautiful scenery. And still a greqt voice, how the &^$^ did you record that so well?
And great intro so far. But now the Shanachie-song!
Tell me guys, where did you sleep last night?
Not in need of a guitarplayer by chance?
worden die disco-shirts wel eens een keer gewassen?
Sommige dingen wil je niet weten!!!