Friday, July 24, 2009

Reference Questions, 7/24/09

A Friday afternoon on the reference desk. Yeah boy...
  1. (2:12 p.m.) A student from Greensboro College needed book on the French colonization of North Africa.
  2. (2:19 p.m.) The student from #1 had a question about how to find books.
  3. (2:24 p.m.) A student was looking for books on Elizabeth Fry.
  4. (2:37 p.m.) A patron needed a guest log in.
  5. (2:44 p.m.) (Chat) A student was having trouble accessing the Cambridge Collections database while off campus. I was on this chat for 30 minutes. This database was having massive problems. It kept saying the subscription had expired. We didn't get it working during the chat. Tech Services is supposed to be looking into the problem. They said they'd call back in 20 minutes. Update: the library is looking at possibly cutting this database, so they have not paid the bill on it yet. That was the problem all along.
  6. (3:35 p.m.) A student wanted to know what time the library closed today.
  7. (4:14 p.m.) A student needed a printed sheet about Romare Bearden.

Fun times as always. This time next month things will be picking up.

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