Traveling Book Collection At Ball State Begs To Be Touched
Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns is paging through a first edition of Blackstone’s Magna Carta from 1759. He isn’t wearing white gloves.
“I’ve had the opportunity to go behind the scenes, so to speak, at the Library of Congress. They put those documents on the table, and they were handled by professionals with white gloves, and we were allowed to look at them. So this is a pretty special opportunity to actually be able to pick up a book.”
The book is part of a collection from Texas’s Remnant Trust that is meant to be a hands-on learning experience. People like Mearns are encouraged to touch and read the books.
- Source: Indiana Public Radio
- Via: Stephanie Wiechmann
