Don't judge a book by its cover...

I have to admit that I had low expectations for the VA Tech library in my areas of interest (religion, philosophy). Because Tech is known as an "engineering" school, I thought it would have mostly math and science stuff. And it probably is stronger in those areas than in others. But recently I was shocked and pleasantly surprised to find that it has a superb collection of philosophical and theological journals and books. Its collection of Anglican books is amazing - better than my seminary's collection. I was shocked to find entire collections from the Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology (Laud, Andrewes, etc.), and many other Anglican and Episcopal historical and theological works! And they actually had some pretty obscure works mixed in with the lot of them. I can only imagine what their collection is like for other theological traditions. So now I have even more books to keep me busy! Anyway the moral is: don't judge a "library" by its cover. You may find that you are dead wrong about what it has