Everything is Known on LJ

[affreca]

Mom's making a list of books, movies and TV shows that center on libraries, archives, rare books and/or cartography. Any of you got any suggestions? I added Rosemary Kirstein's Steerswoman series, but what else?

As an incentive, have a song about cartographers.

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[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Have you ever come across any of Map Man Nicholas Crane (http://www.terntv.co.uk/media_centre/map_man/?from=6)'s shows? They are repeated on some of the satellite channels here quite often, and I love to watch them.

Or Terry Jones Great Map Mystery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Jones%27_Great_Map_Mystery), also re-shown on our satellite channels regularly.

[affreca.livejournal.com]

I have heard of neither of these, and am now sad because I can't seem to get a hold of them.

[dianne-the-geek.livejournal.com]

Desk Set, one of my very favorite Katherine Hepburn movies, is about research librarians.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Nicholas Crane's Great British Journeys series is on DVD (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-British-Journeys-Complete-BBC/dp/B000NA7ET2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1276630841&sr=1-2) - but it would be a European one I guess - which you might, or might not, be able to watch on your computer.

He has some books, (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-British-Journeys-Nicholas-Crane/dp/0753824302/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_c) too though...

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for the song. Mom