Libraries are special places where knowledge discovery --- that “aha! moment” --- can occur for many people. But sometimes those “aha! moments” affect the heart and mind in surprising ways.
During Oakland University’s President’s Colloquium this year, Dr. Charles Lindemann, the featured faculty presenter, amused the audience when he mentioned that he had met his wife, Linda Lindemann, at OU’s Kresge Library in 1974. “Linda worked in the reserves department then,” he said. “I wanted to put some reading materials on reserve for my class at the time, and it turned out that I would soon put her on ‘permanent reserve,’ too, because we fell in love and married the next summer!” Mrs. Lindemann affirms: “Charlie asked me to have lunch with him in a café located in the OC’s basement at the time. It was love at first sight.”
A professor of biological sciences, Dr. Lindemann began his career in 1974, while Mrs. Lindemann was hired to work in the Kresge Library in 1973, initially as a student assistant and later as a library employee. Both Lindemanns remember their first meeting with fondness, and remark on the way the Library has changed since then. Mrs. Lindemann said: “I’m impressed with how the library is such a focal point of the student community now. With all the attractive, comfortable, and functional spaces for virtually any size and type of group imaginable, who wouldn’t want to spend time in the library? The atmosphere is so conducive to study and the sharing of information.”
By way of this story, we celebrate the fact that libraries are also places where people discover personal connections and love, as well as knowledge. Do you have a personal story to share about your time in Oakland University’s Kresge Library? Please let us know by writing to Kresge@oakland.edu.
Libraries are special places where knowledge discovery --- that “aha! moment” --- can occur for many people. But sometimes those “aha! moments” affect the heart and mind in surprising ways.
During Oakland University’s President’s Colloquium this year, Dr. Charles Lindemann, the featured faculty presenter, amused the audience when he mentioned that he had met his wife, Linda Lindemann, at OU’s Kresge Library in 1974. “Linda worked in the reserves department then,” he said. “I wanted to put some reading materials on reserve for my class at the time, and it turned out that I would soon put her on ‘permanent reserve,’ too, because we fell in love and married the next summer!” Mrs. Lindemann affirms: “Charlie asked me to have lunch with him in a café located in the OC’s basement at the time. It was love at first sight.”
Created by Alexandra Bosch (ambosch@oakland.edu) on Thursday, December 6, 2012 Modified by Frank Lepkowski (lepkowsk@oakland.edu) on Thursday, February 7, 2013 Article Start Date: Thursday, December 6, 2012
Libraries are special places where knowledge discovery --- that “aha! moment” --- can occur for many people. But sometimes those “aha! moments” affect the heart and mind in surprising ways.