Working in a public library means that you are dealing with people and books every day and all day. You find human jewels (people that are gratefull and that you can find what they want - despite the fact that you tell them it is your job and you like to do it - that is why you changed your carreer) and paper jewels.

A library member asked me to put aside a book from the central library. When I received it I was very much surprised by its state.
A library is not an archive (!), so most of the time you will find recent documents (read: mostly books, of course) in your hands.
This book was from 1918, so ‘almost’ 100 years old. I have seen books from that period before.

The great thing about this book were the stamps that were in it and the labels with instructions and remarks.
The books had been lend out 5 times in 1919, 7 times in 1920, 11 times in 1921, 7 times in 1922, 11 times in 23, 11 times in 24, 10 times in 25, 15 times in 1926, 10 times in 1927 and 5 times in 1928.

Remarkable is that the book had been lend out in the Second World War in The Netherlands, including the most difficult time of the war, the end of 1944, the Hungerwinter.

You see, even a library book itself can tell history….