Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 2/24/13 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/03/02/reference-question-of-the-week-22413/ 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 By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/03/02/reference-question-of-the-week-22413/#comment-20861 Brian Herzog Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:17:42 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4113#comment-20861 @MissMacgyver: that’s even better – we do offer 24 hour chat reference, but unfortunately not 24 hour phone support.

@Andy: actually, it turned out it was – it was the shuttle bus company who left the bag at the airport. But yeah, I take your point – if it’s important, carry it yourself.

And in other carry-on news, did everyone hear the TSA is allowing knives on planes again? That means I can finally take my Swiss Army Knife with me when I travel again – it’s been 12 years!

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]]> By: MissMacgyver http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/03/02/reference-question-of-the-week-22413/#comment-20638 MissMacgyver Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:20:50 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4113#comment-20638 This summer, I was lost on the way to a wedding for a library coworker–being Friday evening, public libraries were closed, as I well knew, having just closed mine. I still had my alma mater’s library phone number in my phone from six years prior, and knew that academic libraries are *always* open. Called their reference desk, asked the librarian to Mapquest my location and destination and was on my way! Hooray for reference desks!

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