LogFAQs > #910675518

This was the one I went to several times, but was put off by having to "report" to the reception desk first, not knowing quite what it would entail.

Anyway. I went to the desk, and the young girl there gave me a form to fill out. I had to give my name, full address (this really was quite a comprehensive section), and a few other things. She also listed a number of rules to observe, some of which I didn't really catch, but one was no photographs, and you're only to use pencils "once inside", not pens. I wondered what kind of top secret organisation they were running at this point. I thought that was it, but then there was also a well hidden button that opened the door to the centre proper, which the girl explained to me.

And then I was in! What did I see once I got inside? Mostly rows and rows of reference books on the area I live in (which is basically what the centre is for), along with microfilm viewers (go on Wikipedia if you don't know what this Stone Age technology is), and various PCs, although I'm not sure if they had something specific on them, or just for using the internet.

That was it. A bunch of reference material, when I could probably find a ton of similar stuff on the internet at home. I mean, it was comprehensive, lots of detailed stuff from religion in the local area to other things, but they treat it like it's really secret, and also, that it's of intense interest to me. And that's the thing - there were 10 or 15 people in there, hunched over various books, transcribing who knows what. Wtf. Who are these people? Are they all working on their history PhDs or something? There were also at least 2 people behind the main desk, so this centre obviously expected a lot of use.

I looked around for about 10 minutes, then signed the fuck out. What is this place? I love obscure knowledge about pointless things, but even I didn't really see the value in this centre.

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