Jonathan was a little flustered as he followed Dr. Page into the library, and half expected the librarian to stop him at the desk to demand to know what he thought he was doing before sending him on his way.

She didn’t even look up as he walked past the desk, eyes fixed on her computer screen.

Jonathan followed Dr. Page to a closed study room to the back of the library’s first floor. For a college library, it was fairly large, sitting at three stories with ...