University's Diary: First Experience At The Very Cool Library

Thursday Aug 11th, 2011.

Fifth- floor University of Toronto library is where I had to go. I wrote down the call number of my math book one day ago. This number on the back of the book facilitates to find it among so many other books. Book shelves are organized based on the alphabetical order. Books from A to M are located on the third floor and the rest on the fourth. While passing through each aisle to find the book, I could hear a sound like this “zzzzzzzz”. First, I got worried. “Am I doing something wrong? Is alarm going to ring? I hope not!”

I looked up and saw so many surveillance cameras. However, I kept going until I found my aisle, the one that contained my book. I couldn’t pick the book up because the aisle was surrounded by two other aisles at the right and left side. “How can I get my book?” Suddenly, I saw an instruction written on the wall. It was describing how I could move the aisles. Frankly, I didn’t get it. I could understand the instruction, but I had no idea how this mobile shelf was going to move, right? Left? Front? Back? And, I was afraid if for any reason, the alarm would ring. How humiliating!

I saw a thin line on the bottom of the instruction,“ If you need any assistance, ask front desk.” So, I went downstairs and asked a young boy to help me. He came and pressed a button installed on the shelf. Abruptly, the shelf moved to the right. Wide-eyed boy asked:” Did you press this button?!”

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Nafis August 21, 2011 14:28

Dear Sue, you are right. More coming! hehehe!
Nafis August 21, 2011 3:38

Dear Zahra, happy to hear from you. Thanks a lot for the comment. The experience was quite interesting for me! heheheh!
Zahra August 15, 2011 15:58

Oh nice. I can understand how you felt. Although our library isn't that complicated, I had also problem making head or tail of it. Fortunately, I had my brother who could help me through this procedure. Once he took me to the library and showed to me how I can search the book I need in the computer provided for this mean at the library. Yet, sometimes I spend a considerable time among the book shelves to find the exact numbers and alphabets I had found in the computer!
Nafis August 14, 2011 13:03

Dear Sam, you are more than welcome. Glad you liked it.
Nafis August 14, 2011 13:03

Dear Expector, I think I can feel what you said. It seems easy but sometimes gets complicated.
Sam August 14, 2011 8:13

If the shelf opens and moves with button so what they have for the other things :)))

probably you open the doors with your fingerprint and maybe open the books with sound :)

Like James bound movies :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Thanks dear Nafis for sharing this matter with us :)

Keep it doing
Expector Smith August 14, 2011 7:59

Thanks for sharing the experience! Actually, I once failed to press such a button to open a door in Canada.

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