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February 11th, 2002Tomorrow I’ll be 32. Today I feel 18.
Sexy bookmobile. Catherine would love this one. Too bad she is in Venice and will miss this entry. Thanks MS.
NYPL Goodies. Congratulations to my colleagues in The Research Libraries of The NYPL. The first bit of buzz: the online exhibition Heading West is the recipient of ALA’s Rare Book and Manuscript Exhibition Awards Committee for an electronic exhibition. That’s a mouthfull.
Second bit of buzz: The cover of the current issue of Newsweek magazine features a Qur’an from the collection of the Asian and Middle Eastern Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Todd Thompson and Gamil Youssef helped the magazine select pages from the Qur’an and Bible featured on the cover. The images are of the doctrine of the Annunciation as shown from the Surat Al ‘Imran, and the book of Isaiah. These are passages where the Qur’an and Bible agree.