We've had the good fortune recently to get to know a young russian couple who moved here to Mebane to work for some friends of ours. We've loaned them one of our cars so they could go out to look for a car of their own. Anyhow, apparently the wife spent a whole day walking around the libraries at UNC in a state of astonishment. Apparently libraries of such size and scope do not exist in Russia. I guess we do need a bit of perspective to help us recognize what assets we have sometimes.