Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 11/9/08 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/11/15/reference-question-of-the-week-11908/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nice Gps Coordinates Google Maps photos » Google Maps Australia http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/11/15/reference-question-of-the-week-11908/#comment-747 Nice Gps Coordinates Google Maps photos » Google Maps Australia Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:33:57 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=482#comment-747 [...] Google Map Link Image by herzogbr Circled in red is the link to link directly to this map – it also gives you the decimal degree coordinates for this location. Read more about this on my website. [...]

]]> By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/11/15/reference-question-of-the-week-11908/#comment-746 Brian Herzog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:41:50 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=482#comment-746 @anonymous: I do everything I can to anonymize the reference questions I get, to protect the privacy of my patrons so no one can trace any particular question back to a specific person (this sometimes even includes modifying and editorializing certain questions a bit to change facts or make it read better as a blog post). The point of the Reference Question of the Week isn’t necessarily the question as much as it is the process undertaken or resources used to answer it. So in general, permission is not needed, since I’m talking about and focusing on my own experiences. However, in cases where there is no way to disassociate the question from the patron, or if I feel the nature of the question is particularly personal, I do get permission. And there have also been questions I haven’t posted because it made the patron uncomfortable.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/11/15/reference-question-of-the-week-11908/#comment-745 anonymous Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:45:20 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=482#comment-745 Do you get permission to post and describe actual reference interviews?

]]> By: Jessica http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/11/15/reference-question-of-the-week-11908/#comment-744 Jessica Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:51:40 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=482#comment-744 I took one look at that rune picture and said, “geocache!” I don’t think I’ve done this one (out of my search radius), but very cool to see here. Hopefully you introduced another person into the hobby!

]]> By: alison http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/11/15/reference-question-of-the-week-11908/#comment-743 alison Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:46:56 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=482#comment-743 the things a librarian knows!
brilliant work.

]]> By: Kathy Lussier http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/11/15/reference-question-of-the-week-11908/#comment-742 Kathy Lussier Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:20:30 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=482#comment-742 Brian,

What a great questions! It makes me wish I were working on reference again.

Kathy

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