At the Reference Desk

Brief musings while working at the Reference Desk

Mon, 3/4/13 (8:27pm)

Well, that's nice: someone wrote in to complement me on service I had given them at reference. Of course for us, it's fun, fun, fun (and yes the gangnam style video will be coming out shortly).

AMA Manual of Style (10th ed.): AUTHORS: [...] In listed references, the names of all authors should be given unless there are more than 6, in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used, followed by 'et al.' (p. 44) -- Kind of peculiar if you ask me.

Sun, 1/20/13 (8:59pm)

Hey, remember QR Codes? Me neither.

Sat, 1/5/13 (1:01pm)

First shift of the year!

Thu, 12/13/12 (6:16pm)

Last shift of the year!

Sat, 12/8/12 (3:48pm)

Last Saturday of the year!

Sun, 11/11/12 (2:29pm)

Beginning of Finals Week. Full house in the computer lab. Lots of traffic.

Thu, 11/8/12 (6:23pm)

First day back in more than a week. Next week is finals so all the workstations on full.

Mon, 10/29/12 (8:00pm)

Student came over saying he felt sorry for librarians like me because of research questions from students like him. What research question, I asked. He proceeded to tell me whereupon we went through a couple of databases and found a bunch of useful articles. "You feel sorry for me", I remarked. "I feel way more sorry for you -- since you're the one that's going to have to read all those things." The commiseration was mutual though frankly I think I've got the better deal.