We Always Check Out Other Libraries

Some of us were standing around the other day, listening to our director tell about her trip to Denver. She said she ended up going to the public library to see what it was like.
Then my coworker came back from Olympia, Washington and said she visited the library up there.
I had to laugh at that. I remembered a friend, who was a preacher's wife, who told me that she and her husband (the preacher) always had to visit churches in towns they traveled through while on vacation. "Just to see what they looked like," she said.
Another friend, the administrator of a hospital, said he always visited the largest hospital in each town where he went to a convention.
I wonder if teachers visit other schools to see what they're like, or if pharmacists check out pharmacies in other towns. Do people who work in a bookstore visit other bookstores? How about pet store employees and restaurant employees?
Anyhow, our director said she visited the Denver Public Library to see what it was like. She told us she saw the round table that was used for the G8 conference held in Denver (it's in the library Board room), and that she talked with the director about his library. He told her they see 15,000 people in one day, they have hundreds of computers, and he knew where Moultrie is.
She said that last part really surprised her. It was when they were talking about genealogy. He told her that anyone who does genealogy knows where Moultrie is. And that's because of the Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library and the Scottish Weekend that was held in Moultrie.
So, you see, you never know how far information about you, or your city, or where you work, precedes you whenever you leave home.
And it's always great to visit places of interest no matter where you go...Tifton, Albany, Tallahassee, Atlanta, or even Denver and Olympia. You're never sure what you might see or who might know exactly where you're from.
But people like us - people who work in libraries - we always have to check out other libraries.
Why don't you come check us out also!