Comments on: Reference Question of the Week - 1/6/08 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/01/12/reference-question-of-the-week-1608 or, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:26:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/01/12/reference-question-of-the-week-1608#comment-44417 Brian Herzog Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:10:00 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=244#comment-44417 Thanks guys - but I don't think of it as patience. It's just the way this job is, you know? The real challenge is in trying to get enough information from the patron to answer their question. And sometimes, it's better to not even try to figure out why someone wants something. Thanks guys - but I don’t think of it as patience. It’s just the way this job is, you know? The real challenge is in trying to get enough information from the patron to answer their question.

And sometimes, it’s better to not even try to figure out why someone wants something.

]]> By: Kat http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/01/12/reference-question-of-the-week-1608#comment-44416 Kat Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:24:11 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=244#comment-44416 Wow, yeah, I really admire your patience. I am more curious about why someone would care that much about how much snow fell while they were away. Crazy. I am really glad I work in an academic library. I am less likely to encounter questions like that. Wow, yeah, I really admire your patience. I am more curious about why someone would care that much about how much snow fell while they were away.

Crazy. I am really glad I work in an academic library. I am less likely to encounter questions like that.

]]> By: Worth Reading » Blog Archive » Reference: Snowfall Amounts http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/01/12/reference-question-of-the-week-1608#comment-44274 Worth Reading » Blog Archive » Reference: Snowfall Amounts Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:58:01 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=244#comment-44274 [...] Having done this exact search myself, I offer to you herzogbr.net’s “Reference Question of the Week” for this week, which is to find actual snowfall amounts on two recent dates for one location. If someone asks you this question, or you want to know yourself, and the dates fall within the last month, reading his report might save you several hours of hunting down the data. [...] [...] Having done this exact search myself, I offer to you herzogbr.net’s “Reference Question of the Week” for this week, which is to find actual snowfall amounts on two recent dates for one location. If someone asks you this question, or you want to know yourself, and the dates fall within the last month, reading his report might save you several hours of hunting down the data. [...]

]]> By: Liz http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/01/12/reference-question-of-the-week-1608#comment-44268 Liz Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:42:07 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=244#comment-44268 "you have to tell me how much snow it snowed in them storms; “yeah, that’s about what my neighbor said” [click]" *sigh* Man, I admire your patience. “you have to tell me how much snow it snowed in them storms; “yeah, that’s about what my neighbor said” [click]”

*sigh* Man, I admire your patience.

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