http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/12/18/reference-question-of-the-week-121210/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/12/18/reference-question-of-the-week-121210/#comment-1991 Librarian_101 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:03:59 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1237#comment-1991 These are my favorite kind of reference questions, simply because when you find the answer it is very gratifying (although you can have a “I can’t believe I didn’t check that first!” moment like you did; trust me, been there, done that!). And when you don’t find the answer, very rarely is the patron mad. More often than not, they’re just appreciative you took the time to try. Also, I bloody love Amazon for its search-ability in instances just like this.

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/12/18/reference-question-of-the-week-121210/#comment-1990 erin Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:05:11 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1237#comment-1990 LOL, love the Saul Bellow joke! V. clever indeed.

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