Reference Questions, 3/16/2011

Here we are for another round of reference questions. I sat on a career panel today for English graduate and undergraduate students. I told them all about the wonders of librarianship and how the skills they learn while pursuing their English degrees are perfect for library school. I am a realist (some would say pessimist) though, and I hope I didn't scare anyone away from pursuing a library degree.

1. Looking for the copier
2. Looking for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
3. Needed help finding a book in the stacks
4. Looking for his lost cell phone; I sent him to lost and found at the Front Desk
5. Looking for book sources on Catwoman
6. Wanted to know where her paper would print out
7. Thought something was wrong with the printer because it went to sleep
8. The printer was not printing his paper; he had no money left in his printing account
9. Professor needed to get scantrons read and she said that she has always done that here downstairs; I called the dept. that used to be downstairs (Enterprise Systems) and after several minutes we finally found someone who knew what she was talking about (after calling the Walker Tech Ctr); the name of the department is Computer Operations they are in fact in the library in room 211 and they are open 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

It was a steady shift with an interesting question to cap the shift off. You do learn something new everyday.