Exlibris

Exlibris describes itself as "An Electronic News and Discussion Group for Those Interested in Rare Books, Manuscripts, Special Collections, and Librarianship in Special Collections."

one of the interesting posts regards the closing of The Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana [BAV]. According to the post ... BAV "has unexpectedly announced that after its summer break in mid-July it will remain closed for renovations until September, 2010."

so if you need to do some serious research there ... get with the program soon ... ;-)