On a high note
My last day at work isn’t till next week, but yesterday I worked my last couple of reference desk shifts. At the end of the last one, a visiting student came to the desk with a question about a checked-out book she wanted to consult. She wasn’t going to have time to recall it, and she mentioned that she’d be traveling over the summer. So I asked her if she’d ever used OCLC WorldCat (she hadn’t), and I showed her how to find which other libraries had the book. It turned out that a college library in a nearby town she’d be visiting had the book, as did a public library some distance from her home town. "You’ve been a lifesaver," she told me as she left, and I headed off to my cubicle with a big grin all over my face, happy that my very last reference interaction at UVa ended on a high note.
(Okay, technically my very last reference interaction at UVa was a question about the printer queue, but I’m counting the one before it as the last, even so.)
Your site has wonderful links to sites I would never imagine existed. Your site reminds me of some cookbooks I like, which tie the recipes in with fun anecdotes or commentaries. If I were given the job to classify your site, I’d have a difficult time choosing among “personal interest,” “humor,” and “reference.”
However one might pigeonhole your site, it is enjoyable. Thanks for writing. Peace be with you during the move.
Thank you!