You realise that New Zealand is small when…

I was chatting with a colleague (Salvador Gezan) in April about teaching, learning and books, and he suggested “have a look at Rex Bernardo’s book”. I searched for it in my university library, no luck. I thought “well, just ask for it as an interlibrary loan. Surely we can borrow a copy from another university in the country and get it in a few days”.

I forgot all about the interloan for three months (!), when I received an email from my university library, saying something like “Hey, we couldn’t find the book you were looking for in NZ. However, we ordered a copy for you”. Then another email today, “Hey, please come and pick up your book from the central library”.

And here I am, at the library with THE copy of the book. We are that small in NZ.

P.S. Salvador and I both did our undergrad at the Universidad de Chile, just with a few years difference.