To piggyback on Sandra's suggestions, some libraries don't allow you to use ink pens, so I suggest you bring a couple of pencils with you, too! Eleanor Indianapolis In a message dated 6/29/06 3:01:10 PM, Sandra Ferguson writes: >    Be prepared that many larger libraries do not allow you to take in 1) > cameras 2) computers 3) backpacks and bags of notebooks, etc...check with > each one so you'll know to leave behind whatever it is you can't take in. > I always prepare, to take with me, a list of the books they have that I want > to see, along with pertinent #s.....I leave my purse behind and have money > (take change for copy machines), picture ID (drivers license), in a small > change purse I can keep in my pocket....otherwise you either have to drag > your purse with you everywhere...into the stacks, etc..... or leave it on a > table, which isn't safe.  I also have a list I've made of what it is I want > to find...and, I itemize.  Believe me, when you get in there, it's very easy > to forget something...so, write them down.  There isn't a library that won't > allow you to take in a tablet...keep your lists there and you'll be fine. >