Hey Wall! Happy holidays! – The Answer Wall

Thank you for staying open 24/7 and bringing those lovely doggies. So glad to visit you over winter break before I go back for the second half of study abroad! Am I correct that you’re open even during university holiday break (e.g. the week of Dec. 27th)? You’re the top three building on this campus! (Gasson and Maloney are the best buildings b/c of the amazing people working there;))

Happy Holidays to you! I loved seeing the doggies. We’re open over breaks – you can always see our hours here: bit.ly/BCLHours. Wishing you joy in your time abroad and look forward to welcoming you back.

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.