Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 5/1/11 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5111/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Sat, 25 May 2013 00:44:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Smorgasbord | Walking Identity Crisis http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5111/#comment-2770 Smorgasbord | Walking Identity Crisis Sun, 05 Jun 2011 20:07:52 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1909#comment-2770 [...] Roman emperor from the years 98-117 AD.  I’m terrible with history, but luckily I had read this post by my friend Brian.  If you’re looking for a good blog on the library profession, his is [...]

]]> By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5111/#comment-2670 Brian Herzog Mon, 16 May 2011 13:01:21 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1909#comment-2670 @Stephanie: Ha, thanks. There should be a “patron translator” wiki for librarians to post what someone asked for versus what they were actually looking for – it happens almost daily. I got this email question over the weekend:

Do you have “In confident Truth” DVD by Al Gore, as I need it for my Science class.

Close – although this one could entirely be the fault of spellcheck.

]]> By: Stephanie Willen Brown http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5111/#comment-2669 Stephanie Willen Brown Sun, 15 May 2011 23:03:48 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1909#comment-2669 … and why it’s useful for us to be (quietly) skeptical of whatever information the patron presents. This would be a terrific question to use in reference class! (I used to set up a scenario similar to this, stating that the patron needed information on plants and phlegm. When really what the faux-patron wanted was “pholem”). This question is better because it’s true. :-)

]]> By: Emrikol http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/05/07/reference-question-of-the-week-5111/#comment-2650 Emrikol Mon, 09 May 2011 14:52:41 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1909#comment-2650 As a member of the Evergreen Indiana consortium, we’ve been on Evergreen for quite a while now (switched from Koha). I’m loving it. We just went to 2.0, and it seems like the Evergreen software is maturing quite well. The OPAC is the most patron friendly one we’ve ever had.

Good luck to you!

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