A web search identified Stony Brook as having an open-stacks policy. Are there others? Proximity to such libraries could be promoted by real-estate agents.
Humans are so much more than symbol processing algos. Physical environment and context matter to the creativity which is our primary species differentiator.
Libraries can be viewed as always-evolving local caches. Digital images reduce the latency of discovery, but like travel to a distant land, nothing can substitute for tactile experience and three-dimensional motor memory as anchors of emotional experiences and learning.
Many university libraries will allow non-students, or at least they only check for a student ID before and after certain hours.
Even then, it's easy to sneak through if you act like you belong there. Librarians tend not to be the type that try hard to keep people out of a library. If it's actual campus security, that's a different situation.
Humans are so much more than symbol processing algos. Physical environment and context matter to the creativity which is our primary species differentiator.
Libraries can be viewed as always-evolving local caches. Digital images reduce the latency of discovery, but like travel to a distant land, nothing can substitute for tactile experience and three-dimensional motor memory as anchors of emotional experiences and learning.