Hey wall! I reserved the room 511 for my class but then I surprisingly found that it was locked with full of chairs in the room…

Can you problem solve that for me so I have a room to Zoom in my class? Thx!

I am sorry the room has been used as storage. Unfortunately, the libraries have had to reduce their seating capacity by 60% to make sure spaces are conducive to maintaining social distancing, and room 511 is one of the spaces that was used to store furniture. There are spaces in the libraries that were adjusted for students to attend online classes: Third floor north side (Reading Room and behind Reference). Additionally, O’Neill Library’s 246, 246A, 247, 248 are generally available 9am-5pm when classes are not in session. We have removed room 511 from Circulation, and apologize for the inconvenience.

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.