News from the Field

摘要

When the Texas A&M University Libraries celebrated their 5 millionth volume February 27, 2015, best-selling author George R. R. Martin played a major role in the festivities. The author praised the libraries' chosen volume, a first edition of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, and provided a gift to acquire the 1937 fantasy classic which Tolkien illustrated. Martin read from The Hobbit and voiced his approbation that Tolkien would share space with the world's greatest authors at Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, the repository for special collections and archives at Texas A&M.