[Publib] death of reference?

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In a message dated 9/28/2006 2:12:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
dale.mcneill at gmail.com writes:

I would  certainly like to see more discussion of this subject.  I've been a  
children's librarain, a branch manager, manager of telephone reference, and 
an  administrator (started working in public libraries in 1980).  During that  
time, at most libraries, I've seen a sharp decline in the sort of "who was the 
 U.S. ambassordor to China in 1920?" (a question I had in about 1995).   But 
I have seen children asking *more* questions, rather than  fewer. 


Actually, there weren't any Ambassadors to China then.  Paul S.  Reinsch was 
appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on August  15, 
1913, and left the post on September 19, 1919; he was succeeded by Charles  R. 
Crane on March 22, 1920; Crane left China July 2, 1921.   Interestingly, Crane 
had previously been previously appointed to the  position in 1909, but never 
proceeded to the post.  They  didn't actually have ambassadors to China until 
1929.
 
Michael McGrorty
Librarian without Portfolio
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