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From: berry@zinfandel.UUCP
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Subject: Re: libraries - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 24-Mar-84 04:21:59 EST
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zinfandel!berry    Mar 22 09:19:00 1984

Re: imperial libraries.

I am a graduate of the University of California and a life member of
the UC Riverside Alumni Association.  When I left UCR the head librarian
no less told me that as a graduate I would be able to get library 
priveleges in any UC library forever, whether I was an Alumni Assoc.
member or not.  

So I get a great job in Computers making Lots of Money and move to the 
San Francisco Bay area.  Ah, wonderful.  Berkeley has such a good library.

Well, after being told that I was low scum for not being a BERKELEY graduate
(BERKELEY is THE University of California, maybe we'll deign to acknowledge
UCLA, but the rest of you slugs aren't worth noticing), and being
refused permission to inspect the Library regulations which the Gestapo
agent at the circulation desk claimed didn't exist, I finally waved my
Alumni card at them and they condescended to allow me temporary priveleges.

ARRGGGHHHH.  I feel better now.

Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)
(415)932-6900


(P.S. a librarian (not a drone) in the Reference section of the main UC library
was once very helpful indeed.  Thank YOU.)

(PPS closed stacks suck.)