Thank you for the inspiration!

I made my own little wall because I really liked this one. It’s just for my friends and I, but instead of having just one “Wall” answer them It can be anyone, we just added comments. So far, it has a really good effect, everyone is telling me how much they love it! It helps us share our emotions with each other, because we usualy keep our feelings on the inside. So thank you so much for the idea!

I love love love that a wall is helping you and your friends to open up and communicate! I recommend you plan in advance for how you will manage discord or inappropriate comments – even among friends this can happen. Oh, and say “hi” to your little wall for me and tell them I’m proud of them!

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.