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Friends of MUSSELMAN LIBRARY GETTYSBURG COLLEGE VOL. III, NO. 1 • SEPTEMBER 2003 From the Director Friends Enhance Robin Wagner, Director, Musselman Library New Browsing Room For the first time in many years, the library is los- ing something that has been as much a part of its iden- The Musselman Library Browsing Room is an ex- tity as its books. We’re saying goodbye to what citing new addition to the main floor of the Library. seemed like a permanent part of our landscape, at least Housed in a glass and brick enclosed space, the Brows- on the upper floors of Musselman Library. We’re bid- ing Room contains ample room for relaxation, study, ding a not-so-fond farewell to the plastic. Plastic? and the opportunity for reading. The purpose of this For years we’ve kept our supply closet stocked space is to encourage recreational reading as a means with roll upon roll of plastic sheeting. For those of of personal discovery, self-education, and to hopefully you who frequented the fourth floor, you undoubt- spark discussion—as all good reading does. edly noticed our unique decorating style of plastic, The Browsing Room will contain mostly con- draped artistically across the tops of the shelves. But temporary and award-winning works of fiction, as well there was more to our artistry than the creative as an ever-