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[xiphias]

My wife now has library cards for the British Library and the Library of Congress. Given that she gets her superpowers from libraries, this may be dangerous.

For the record, she also has cards for the Minuteman network of Massachusetts libraries, the NOBLE (North of Boston Library Exchange) network of libraries, the Boston Public Library and their associated network, and some university libraries. Unfortunately, our Athanaeum Library membership expired, and we haven't re-upped it.

I wonder if the Vatican Library issues library cards. . . .

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[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

Given that she gets her superpowers from libraries, this may be dangerous.

Dude, you should *so* pitch that at Marvel or DC. Or draw it yourself and put it on the web. I'd be *so* into a librarian as a superhero.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Lis collects librarian action figures. Sure, her collection is pretty heavy on Batgirl/Oracle, but she also has Giles, Nancy Pearl, and Cassanova. There are plenty of librarian superheroes out there.

[querldox.livejournal.com]

Already is one. Oracle is the former Batgirl aka a Gotham City librarian. Oddly enough, she only started using her library-based powers after her initial Batgirl role.

[querldox.livejournal.com]

I think we're safe as long as none of the libraries are radioactive...and she doesn't speak Latin in front of the books.

[ron_newman]

aren't the Library of Congress and British Library non-circulating?

[cheshyre]

Yeah, so?

Seriously, with a card, one can read on the premises. And sometimes that's enough.

At the BL, I held in my hands a work of Marlowe's poetry published within his lifetime.
At in the LOC catalog, I see several rare books that I've been wanting to flip through but can't find locally...

[sarianna.livejournal.com]

Hee. Sexy. I've only got...let's see...NOBLE, WMARS (western Mass), the BPL, UMass-Amherst(/5colleges) and the LOC. Plus my no-longer-active GWU card. Incidentally, did you know that the LOC card can be used as federally-issued photo ID for boarding planes? Kinda cool.

[hangedwoman.livejournal.com]

That is So Very Cool. And I think a Lis with Increased Superpowers is in fact a fine thing.

My mother has always been proud of the fact that she has more library cards than credit cards. I actually managed it for a while, but I need to get back there again.