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. I have a long conversation [...]

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 journals vs an article database
How [...]

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 to place [...]

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.

Via Waxy’s links, refgruting is on memepool.
Wow, we are so trendy!

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 neck does look [...]

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!

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 is in that building across campus
Printing
You search [...]

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 1935 are there
We have online access [...]