Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 4/11/10 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/17/reference-question-of-the-week-41110/ 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: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/17/reference-question-of-the-week-41110/#comment-1535 Brian Herzog Wed, 12 May 2010 10:25:09 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=970#comment-1535 @Vicki: Thank you for pointing that out – I missed it and I think you’re exactly right.

]]> By: Vicki http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/17/reference-question-of-the-week-41110/#comment-1534 Vicki Tue, 11 May 2010 20:20:54 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=970#comment-1534 It is probably not on national calendars because each state has their own date for Arbor Day, depending on the climate and when it is best to plant trees there. See Arbor Day Foundation: States and click on your state in the upper right corner.

Love the blog!

]]> By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/17/reference-question-of-the-week-41110/#comment-1533 Brian Herzog Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:29:36 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=970#comment-1533 @Kersten: Thank you – and I’m glad you like my website.

]]> By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/17/reference-question-of-the-week-41110/#comment-1532 Brian Herzog Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:28:12 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=970#comment-1532 @lesbrarian: Patriots’ Day was something new to me when I first moved to New England, and I still think it’s sort of odd – however, not as odd as Fast Day in New Hampshire

]]> By: lesbrarian http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/17/reference-question-of-the-week-41110/#comment-1531 lesbrarian Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:07:18 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=970#comment-1531 Just now a lady came to our desk asking if today were a holiday. Apparently a website she’d been trying to visit was not doing any transactions because of the holiday.

It did not ring any bells with me, but having read exactly this post a coupla days ago, it occurred to me to wonder whether Chase’s were on our ready reference shelves. It was. This is how I learned about Patriots’ Day, celebrated in your neck of the wood and unheard of here in Virginia.

]]> By: Chris http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/17/reference-question-of-the-week-41110/#comment-1530 Chris Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:50:00 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=970#comment-1530 LOL

]]> By: Kersten http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/17/reference-question-of-the-week-41110/#comment-1529 Kersten Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:20:50 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=970#comment-1529 I saw you listed on page 35 of Library Journal you Mover and Shaker you! — Congrats – and I love your blog!!

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