The word library carries two meanings: a structure and a collection of books. There are several libraries in the Frederick County area that may have books about figs--Handley, Bowman, Lord Fairfax Community College Polk Library. I have several personal libraries but neither one has figgy books. The ones in my offices are books of old fashioned, quirky information collected from the discard piles at both schools. At home, my libraries include bookshelves of studio clip art and a wall to wall, floor to ceiling library of cookbooks and typography books. There are recipes for figgy puddings and fig preserves but nothing about propagating fig trees and selling them..
When information is needed beyond what exists in these libraries, like a bunch of figgy stuff, I go to a library and see the reference librarian who makes it her/his job to find information....like an information detective.
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