[ti:TPO-49-C1] [by:Linsena] [00:00.47][ppp]Listen to a conversation between a student and a librarian. [00:05.14][ppp]Hi.I need to get into special collections,in particular the british literature. [00:11.02]I was working with some of the William Blake books. [00:13.86][ppp]Well,then you must know that access is restricted. [00:16.70][ppp]Um,I was in a seminar with Professor Gray and she authorized access for us. [00:21.57][ppp]Oh,if that's the case,let me check. [00:23.60]Right.Yeah.But it looks like that expired at the end of last semester. [00:27.86][ppp]But I really need to get back in there.See...I didn't quite finish my project. [00:32.72][ppp]Aha!The plot thickens. [00:35.15]Well,it's easy enough. [00:36.78]Have Professor Gray authorize you again. [00:39.01]You see,these editions are rare and shouldn't be handled more than necessary. [00:42.86]Can you work from later editions or microfilm? [00:46.51][ppp]Not really.Actually my project... [00:49.35]Well,it involves some annotations in the particular edition here. [00:53.81]They haven't been reproduced because they are really not part of the text. [00:57.26]You know,they generally clean them up. [00:59.29]They are quite hard to see. [01:00.71][ppp]Well,often the characteristics of the manuscripts have been recorded. [01:04.15]These types of extraneous markings might also be noted. [01:07.40][ppp]I don't think they are. [01:08.82]They are very faint,and,well,I think I have a new angle on them. [01:12.47]There was a study once a long time ago about these notes that everybody else has taken for granted without checking for themselves. [01:19.37]I think there might have been a mistake in the past,that they were misread. [01:23.83][ppp]So get Professor Gray... [01:26.87][ppp]Uh...she's away this semester I had to beg her to giveme extra time on this project. [01:31.94]I haven't even received a grade in the class yet. [01:34.98]And this class is a prerequisite for other classes in my major. [01:38.43]I really need to see those books so I can finish this project and get back on course to graduate on time. [01:44.72][ppp]Everybody has special circumstances. [01:48.16][ppp]Two hours?One hour?I promise to be careful. [01:52.22]I just need to look at a few pages with a strong magnifying glass. [01:56.07][ppp]Well,I can let you in without authorization from your professor. [02:00.13]Can you get in touch with her somehow? [02:02.97][ppp]Maybe she'd be checking her email. [02:04.80]I really thought I would be able to straighten this out without her. [02:07.83]You know,she did me a huge favor by giving me extra time. [02:11.08]I feel like I'm skating on thin ice with her. [02:14.12][ppp]You know,you were lucky to have had permission to look at the books last semester. [02:17.97]If we don't maintain our policies,they'll disintegrate. [02:21.22][ppp]I know.Would an email from her or a phone call be good enough? [end]