Glenn Fleishman on Nostr: Having visited four rare book and manuscript reading rooms in the last week, and ...

Having visited four rare book and manuscript reading rooms in the last week, and being mildly admonished in one for bringing in a camera case that fit the camera but was considered technically a bag, the ability of people to steal these books is baffling to me. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/books/booksupdate/rare-books-pushkin-disappearance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok0.tGKz.8EhCFIXJJIf6&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

When I left one room, I was politely asked to open the cover of my iPad to ensure no papers were inside.