[ILL-L] Once upon a time in ILL...
Richard Samford
samford at pittstate.edu
Thu Jun 4 17:55:32 EDT 2009
Ward, Suzanne M. wrote:
>
> A patron asked for a paper from the 18^th DAAM International
> Symposium. I did everything I could think of to verify the article or
> to find some trace of any DAAM symposium. Someone else’s typo ona web
> page revealed that the acronym is actually DAAAM. I still remember
> this as that d**(*)m request!
>
> DAAAM = Danube Area Association for Automation & Manufacturing (Vienna)
>
> Suzanne M. Ward
>
... and all together now, let's repeat Murphy's 12th law of ILL: "The
more trouble you have verifying a request, the more likely it is to be
at your library when you do..."
Here's a couple...
The only investment guide you'll ever need ("Revised edition only, please")
A Tramp for the Lord, by Carrie Ten Boom
and... the beloved subject requests...
"Canadian Laws"
"state laws governing burial... and how to build a coffin"
Rich
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