![]() ![]() With its ornate lecture halls, gardens, and collections of scrolls, it served as the nation’s epicenter of scholarship - and cats played a central role in its development.ĭeep in the bowels of the building, a young, lowly sub-librarian by the name of Petsis toiled away. Some 1,500 years after cats were first domesticated, in 3rd century BC Egypt, the Library of Alexandria was constructed. ![]() Meet Dewey Readmore Books, history’s greatest library cat. Over a nineteen year tenure as “head of PR” at a small library in Iowa, he charmed thousands of people from around the U.S., gave his town a renewed hope, and eventually became an international celebrity. In the vast ranks of these so-called “library cats,” one became famous - both for his strange antics and his kind-heartedness. For centuries, bookkeepers have employed felines to keep pesky rodents at bay, greet visitors, and, of course, take epic naps in the Z section. ![]() It makes sense then, that cats have long been a fixture at libraries. As far as pets go, they’re also pretty darn quiet - unless, heaven forbid, you’re a few minutes late in serving them a meal. Generally speaking, cats are creatures of solitude. ![]()
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