Londonward

“Kai, what does this say?” asks a librarian colleague of mine shoving a pile of papers in front of me. It’s in Swedish, bibliographical details of a book published in Helsinki.
“Ummm.. border issues in Karelia 1918-1920, that sort of thing,” I reply.
“What’s that?”

I show him Karelia on Google Maps, explaining all that used to be part of Finland before the war. He nods and places the sheet into the “approve” pile, moving on to the next item on the list.

There has been an occasion where I’ve grabbed a Russian book he’s wondering about, read the Cyrillic title and asked him whether he’s going to keep the book. “You read Cyrillic? Why did you not tell me this earlier?” was his question. My answer? You never asked. So now I’ve had my say in what books the British Library of Political and Economic Science has chosen to keep or purchase. Ultimately trivial, but you’ve got to get your kicks somehow.

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