http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/01/12/reference-question-of-the-week-1613/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Sat, 18 May 2013 18:29:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/01/12/reference-question-of-the-week-1613/#comment-18989 Brian Herzog Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:25:10 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3900#comment-18989 @Peggy: I know your frustration – microfilm might be a pain access-wise, but it is still one of the most reliable formats we have. Really, it’s the next best thing to keeping all the print editions, which would be impossible for us.

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/01/12/reference-question-of-the-week-1613/#comment-18984 Peggy Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:09:27 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3900#comment-18984 We have frequently had to contact ProQuest our newspaper database provider to find out why local Maine papers have been dropped or are missing long gaps. It is very frustrating and the primary reason we continue to buy the 5 papers in the database on microfilm.

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