Day 2 of the LOC Summer Teacher Institute was as amazing as the first day. I have to say that learning how to analyze primary sources is tough brain work. I am so grateful to have this opportunity to learn so many strategies and resources to use in my library program. Networking with my colleagues from across the country has been valuable and I'm sure I will continue to learn many new things from them. After our session about selecting primary resources, I decided to change my project focus. I will share more details about the project another day. The absolute best part of the day was the private tour of the LOC's main reading room. It was a behind the scenes kind of tour where we were taken into the card catalog room. Wow - that was unbelievable. Rows and rows of card catalogs. We were allowed to take flash photos, so I have included a few here. The wonderful librarian that hosted our tour had the best quote. Here response to the question "Will the library ever not have print books?" was "No, we will always have books because the library would look funny if we didn't." Awesome! At the close of our day, we bought dessert at a great local place called Firehook Bakery and we happened in to a small restaurant called Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar. Both places were very satisfying and I would recommend them to any DC guests.