[Publib] Unanswerable questions

[Louise Alcorn]

2.  Patron wanted a photograph--not a painting or an artist's
representation--a photograph--of an Archangel.  He was a metalsmith
wanted to copy the Archangel's armor.  "I'll find one eventually," he
vowed.


Behind the reference desk, for staff to see, we have a cartoon strip
where a librarian is being asked for the "invention of fire".  Then
they're asked "do you have a photo?"

It keeps us realistic. 

Louise E. Alcorn
Reference Technology Librarian
West Des Moines Public Library
4000 Mills Civic Pkwy
West Des Moines IA 50265
(515) 222-3573      louise.alcorn at wdm-ia.com
http://www.wdmlibrary.org