I made good on my goal to visit the fine arts library this week and was pleasantly surprised that the library does indeed carry some of my favorite design magazines (such as Print and I-D) but I'd be thrilled if they carried more. Perhaps I can get in touch with someone who has control over what subscriptions come into the library and suggest a few more titles. I sat around and flipped through about 20 magazines before realizing that next to me was a whole wall full of appealingly-covered colorful photography and design books! I now have a new favorite place on campus.

On the topic of libraries, I'd like to make note of my (former) frustrations that the main library will be closed and under construction until 2009. When the library closed in the fall, I was really sad and left wondering where I'd go and what I'd do when I needed to go to an easily accessible place with an abundance of computers and other resources for whatever needs I had. Since I had never lived in a dorm or lived on campus, I didn't know it like the back of my hand but knew there had to be some places I could go that I was unaware of. So I decided to e-mail Rich Hollingsworth (the guy who writes the "Rich Text" portion of the weekly Buckeye Net News) because through his writings, he seemed like an all-knowing kind of guy. He directed me to the head of the Off-Campus Student Services. I communicated my frustrations to him, and he e-mailed me a sympathetic and informative message, and I learned that there were a lot more places on campus that I could go besides the main library, that I had no idea even existed!

You can read the e-mail (with helpful links included!), here.

I'm so thankful for the many of sources of friendly, willing and understanding help at Ohio State. I'd probably be wasting $5 on a coffee every time I needed to study if it weren't for them! I used to think coffee shops were the only place I could go!