The Pensieve: Harry Potter and the Library Lesson
At Stanford, our 20 libraries are generally places for cramming, sleeping, and streaking. For the most part, they are viewed simply as quiet spaces where we students can fully immerse ourselves in academic concentration. While there is nothing wrong with using them as a places to pursue our studies, it would be a sore mistake to only see them as such and forget what they are in their very essence – a vast collection of knowledge and record of human accomplishments and failures. What can so easily be overlooked at times as we scurry about trying to find the quietest, most anti-social cubby is this essence and the extent to which libraries can then tie us to the greater world.
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