people in the library?!! madness!!!
There were actual people in the library today, when classes aren’t in session yet. I decided that they were all: dedicated grad students working on their dissertations random people using the internet So, a Friday Refgrunt: I’m sorry the web catalog is down. But you can use this telnet version! No one has any questions. [...]
slow night at the reference desk
Refgrunt from a very slow night: The bound periodicals are over there I’ll show you where the computer science books are, they might have been moved You can only check out a book for a month, but you can renew it a bunch! How to print I explain the differences between a collection of electronic [...]
summer refgrunt
It’s been awhile since I refgrunted, here goes: He needs Bandaids She wants to put a trace on a second copy of a book (one copy is listed as checked out) that I think might not exist, even though it is listed as being in the catalog. I take down her information but tell her [...]
No More Refgrunt
Via LibrarianInBlack, the original RefGrunt is no more. It is pretty great that he managed a whole year documenting life on the reference desk. The posting at Refgrunt.com has slowed down recently, I wonder if it will pick up now or not.
refgrunting on memepool
Via Waxy’s links, refgruting is on memepool. Wow, we are so trendy!
refgrunting and Mr. Bloom
I posted a grunt at refgrunt.com One of my friends (who should be blogging) e-mailed me to say: “Also, it’s swell that Orlando is doing a READ poster, but doesn’t his neck look unnaturally long and skinny and like he’s Rubber Man or Plastic Man or something? And where the hell is Viggo’s poster??” Orlando’s [...]
refgrunt is mefied
As if Blake didn’t have enough to do, it looks like library bloggers can have their own community blog for refgrunting using metaphilter, looks nifty! Now, if only I’d been on the desk recently so I could refgrunt!
beyond the valley of the refgrunt
Ever since refgrunt went on vacation I’ve noticed an alarming spike in my referral logs. Clearly people crave more refgrunting. Here you go! Printing French Dictionaries are over there, miss. We can’t hold your backpacks for you while you go eat. Printing Scissors If you are researching public health policies, try these sources… That speaker [...]
tangognat meets refgrunt
Since today I spent half my day on the desk, I thought I’d experiment with a RefGrunt style post: Here are some databases you might want to try for your research….This is how you might search for your topic Printing Books are over there Wireless Here is a highlighter Back issues of that magazine from [...]
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