Just got an interesting question over the phone today. A woman called the reference desk wanting to know if we were open to the public. She said she wasn't a student from DePaul.
"Yes," I replied, explaining that she had access to the books and print journals.
"Do we have access to the wireless as well?"
I had to explain that, like most schools, you need a student ID and password to access the wireless here. I was impressed though by her assumption that wireless was now part of what it means for a library to be "open".
"It's only available for students here," I continued, "but just across the street is the public library and you can use it there no problem."
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An old colleague from NYU, Jen Schwartz, just started at DePaul. It's a small world.
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Meanwhile in other news...
Today was my first day back at Library Reference at DePaul. Winter Session starts on Monday.
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So the email goes out: "pumpkin nut/raisin bread" in the Reference Workroom.
Sounds nice, huh? So what's left when the Saturday crew finally shows up? You're looking at it.
Outrageous!
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Wow, I don't recall this ever happening: The phone rings at the reference desk. I pick it up. And the recorded message begins, "This is a message from Credit Card Services".
"Credit Card Services"? At the University? I have to admit that it took me a moment to think about this. Then I hanged up.
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Actually the school year started on Tuesday but it's the first day back for me!
On a side note, DePaul Library now has a new Twitter account: http://twitter.com/dpulibrarian
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Make sure your students have a copy of your syllabus just in case the frickin' server breaks down.
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Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Sat, 08/15/2009 - 3:27pm.
Here's something interesting. Andrew Sullivan, on his blog, The Daily Dish, has been featuring a series of user-submitted photos called, 'The View From Your Window'. And wouldn't you know, Saturday, he ran a picture from DePaul!
You can look up the image and then compare it to the one above. They're both from the Garden Terrace in the 'DePaul Center' on Jackson and State*. The only difference, strangely enough, is that Sullivan's copy seems to be reversed. How'd that happen?
[h/t Brian]
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* Family Tradition: The building, formerly known as Goldblatt's is where my Aunt Shirley for years used to work part-time in Notions & Lotions on 1 and where I continue to toil in Reference on 10.
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"I want to do a business plan and I need your help."
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Doing my Current Cites at the Reference Desk in between patron requests.
UPDATE: And hot off the presses, here's the latest issue of CurrentCites for November...
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