Goodbye Columbus

Today we depart for Washington after a sensational visit to Columbus Ohio.
Yesterday we visited OCLC headquarters. The most exciting part was the visit to their library where all editions of DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification) are held along with the first edition, and a first edition annotated with Melville Dewey's notes! The collective sigh from 12 librarians was very funny and the staff at OCLC commented that they had never had that reaction to Dewey before! OCL is also the home of worldcat and we were allowed into the server room to see all the computers at work (I have photos Phill).
We also visited Ohio State University Library which has recently been reopened after a 3 year renovation project and was a fantastic library.
Last night we dined with Pat and some staff from Columbus Public Library at a lovely restaurant in german Village called Barcelona. I have had so much good food on this tour that my watch is even too tight!!
Here at last are some photos on Picassa