8/6/2023 0 Comments Columbus library train display![]() Tom and I were disappointed in the number of books at the Main Columbus Metropolitan Library. The fiction section is good sized, but most of those books are also available as e-books. Because our technology is all about streaming these days (unless you have limited gigabytes like Tom and me) the movie section is very small. I headed down a floor to the fiction section. Tom found a few books but not the ones he was looking for. I also picked up an autobiography (review in a later post). I browsed in the knitting and cooking sections, finding several books I was interested in reading. Tom rarely reads any fiction and he was looking for some specific books on Colonial history prior to the Revolutionary War. We decided to start at the top, where the non-fiction books are located. The woman at the information desk gave us a map and told us where different sections were located in the building. There is a three-story atrium and it was decorated for Christmas with the Huntington Model Train display. There is a new, spacious lobby with a reading room and the Carnegie Cafe where you can order a sandwich, coffee, or baked good. It is a huge building, or series of connected buildings. The Main Columbus Metropolitan Library is newly remodeled and it is gorgeous. I had not been to a library building since we retired, so I was was also looking forward to browsing the stacks. When he was in high school in Columbus, he would come down to the library regularly and check out books on mathematics and science. Tom has very fond memories of this library. We went to the Main library location, next to Topiary Park. Tom and I decided, while we are here in Ohio, to make a real, physical visit to the Columbus Metropolitan Library. When we were in Death Valley and had our once-a-week internet connection, I would download several books every week to read while I was cut off from the internet. I have been able to check out and read all kinds of books from wherever I am. I figured a library in a big city would have plenty of e-books. When Tom and I moved our permanent address from Akron to Columbus, one of the first things I did was apply for a library card from the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
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