Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 2/13/11 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/02/19/reference-question-of-the-week-21311/ 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/2011/02/19/reference-question-of-the-week-21311/#comment-2147 Brian Herzog Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:42:45 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1124#comment-2147 @Dan: That is bizarre – I know libraries are rife with serendipity, but this is a bit beyond that. However, it does give me the opportunity to quote Too Much Joy: I’m ahead of my time, but only by a week. Thanks for sharing this.

]]> By: Dan http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/02/19/reference-question-of-the-week-21311/#comment-2146 Dan Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:34:55 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1124#comment-2146 Brian you are not going to believe this.

A customer just flagged me down and requested help printing something. She said that she had tried to print a picture but the paper came out blank. When I went over to see what it was that she was trying to print, it was a PROTRACTOR.

Now, it wasn’t the same protractor that you found. It was a pdf file and for some reason it wouldn’t print. Instead of Googling “protractor” I Googled “Swiss Army Librarian” and viola. Done. Customer happy.

I haven’t had anyone ask for a protractor in years. This is the first time I’ve ever seen anyone try to print one.

weeeeeeeeeird

]]> By: philip willems http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/02/19/reference-question-of-the-week-21311/#comment-2145 philip willems Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:43:54 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1124#comment-2145 Never saw one loose. Over here (Netherlands) students use what we call a geodriehoek (geotriangle). It has the protractor incorporated.
http://www.korthalsaltes.com/pb/GPSnavigatie/geo-driehoek_v2.jpg

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