Library Post #2

One other quirk of our library is that it seems to have trouble with temperature control.  During the summer, when they have the air conditioning on, your fingers turn blue after an hour of library work.  We’re talking seriously cold.  In the winter, you frequently see people stripped down to tank tops and shorts while working in their carrels, and it’s common to get a bit dizzy from the stuffy air.  I’ve been bringing scarves to work with me recently, to combat the excessive air conditioning.  But today the radiator next to my desk is pumping out lots of hot air.  Have they really turned on the heat already?  Current temperature in Ithaca: 85 degrees.  They only change the temperature twice a year (I imagine some sort of massive switch that controls the temperature turnover of the entire university), so we may be in for a long hot season as we head into fall.

Erin