You’re so sweet! <3 u2
Thank you for being my BC BF! :) <3 u
Show us a pic of you & your family
To be honest, I don’t have a family portrait. We walls all take our jobs very seriously so never have the opportunity to get together. (Can you imagine what would happen if we took off for a family reunion?!) Except for those I am closest to I don’t really see my BC relatives wall-to-wall. This brief clip, however, shows some of the family on the outside: bit.ly/BCaerial. They are quite elegant, aren’t they?
Can you speak Korean?
응 너도 안녕! 좋은 꿈 꿔! (You too! Sweet dreams!)
Who was ur first crush?
Tom Snout.
How do you get the little font on the sticky notes just like you do?
I’m sure you’ve heard that thing before about the probability of a thousand monkeys with typewriters eventually producing all the works of Shakespeare? Well, it’s not like that. This library employs librarians, not monkeys. Librarians might not be as fun as monkeys, but they do know how to find answers, such as how to use a Word template to print onto post-its affixed to pieces of paper, and which font (courier) most closely resembles typewriter font. I’m cute? Gosh. Now I’m blushing.
If you could build the Next Great Wall (on par with the cultural significance of China’s) what would it be like?
Walls have traditionally been built to keep people and things separated, but I’d like to think that my existence as a wall helps to bring people and ideas together. There are many digital realms that allow people to share ideas (although they can also be divisive). So, perhaps the wall I’d build would be a virtual, communal space for all people to support each other.
Can I have your number? Call me maybe!!!
I don’t talk, but that’s sweet, thank you. 617-552-4472 is the number for the reference desk. Ask my helpers anything. http://bit.ly/bc-call-me
Why isn’t my book on display?
Just waiting for your question, Dean Boynton. You will find your book “Virtuoso Teams” just in front of me on the Answer Wall display (the print copy of “The Idea Hunter” is checked out). P.S. Will my acolytes be in an updated version of “Virtuoso Teams”; I think they are most deserving … ?
Who’s answering these questions anyway?
I, the Wall, am answering them. With a lot of help from my friends in the libraries and around campus. There’s more detail about how we do that at my online home: library.bc.edu/answerwall
Favorite quote?
“There are four kinds of people in the world, Ms. Harper. Those who build walls. Those who protect walls. Those who breach walls. And those who tear down walls. Much of life is discovering who you are. ” P.S. Baber
Favorite Pink Floyd Album?
A Momentary Lapse of Reason… Just kidding! My favorite Pink Floyd album is…drumroll please… The Wall
I am leaving Boston & the country tonight. Will you miss me?
I will indeed. I hope you will come back to visit sometime (until then you can keep up with me online at library.bc.edu/answerwall). And I wish you much happiness and success and safe travels! <3
Why are so geek?
Oh, dear. Was that too geeky? Sometimes it is difficult to answer questions (and ask them too) as we are limited by the size of the post-it notes. I am a library Answer Wall so I have taken on some of the characteristics of my library friends: for some questions I would really like to sit down (alas something I cannot do) and have a conversation with you so I really understand what information you are looking for. With limited and/or unclear information I do the best I can, but do on occasion miss the mark. Please do keep responding until we get it right though. I do want to help and I do want to provide the information you need!
What is the best dorm on campus? Do you like your life as a wall??? :)
Though as a wall I’m predisposed to think walls make the dorm, I suppose it’s actually the occupants who make any dorm the best dorm. IOW, I’m guessing that award would change from year to year. Students do heartily wish to get into the “mods,” though (bit.ly/BC-mods), perhaps because they’re a little more like houses than dorms. Yes, I love my life as a wall, especially now that I get to express myself and answer questions. (You know the expression “if walls could talk”? Let’s just say few buildings would be very quiet.)
Have you ever seen a cow?
Alas! Not in the flesh. It’s been a long time since cows grazed on this land – long before I was even a gleam in the eye of the O’Neill Library architects. (About 1886, to be precise, when the land belonged to the Lawrence family. More here: bit.ly/BC-to-Chestnut-Hill) But the library does have some nice photos of Paddy Noonan playing accordion for cows in Donegal, in the Bobby Hanvey Photographic Archives: bit.ly/accordion-cows. The cows look as if they enjoy his accordion, wouldn’t you say? They have been documented enjoying concertina: bit.ly/cows-concertina.
Is there anybody speaking Vietnamese here?
![Ở đây có ai nói tiếng Việt không??? [Is there anybody speaking Vietnamese here?]](http://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/aw071618-2.jpg)
Why, yes, as a matter of fact, I do have a helper here who is fluent in Vietnamese. Other languages I get assistance with: Akan, Ashanti, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Twi.
Do you get lonely in the summer?
Even walls need rest for part of the year, but my helpers and I do miss having students and other folk to talk to.
“O Wall, you have held up so much tedious graffiti that I am amazed that you have not yet collapsed in ruin.” –from basilica of Pompeii
We are not born for ourselves alone. (Cicero, On Duties)
My cousin the Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis University’s Goldfarb-Farber Library
Please enjoy these pictures of my cousin the Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis University’s Goldfarb-Farber Library. I visited earlier this summer. We had a great time! As you can tell, Express Yo’self is a little more freewheeling and adventurous than me.
![Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: realistic drawing of girl's face and hair. Chinese writing. Please! Next time I want to have a crush on a non-gay...[illegible, obscured by drawing of girl]](http://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_4020-copy.jpg)
![Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: We are either our greatest enemies or our greatest friends. Or both. Live Your Life. Love Trumps Hate. [drawing of chameleon]](http://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_3998-copy.jpg)
![Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: [cartoon figure peering out from behind another] SMAE](http://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_4006-copy.jpg)
![Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: [drawing of palm tree and monkey] Be Happy, DJ Ross, Hour 7! [small cartoon faces]](http://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_4008-copy.jpg)
How does one type on a Post-it note??
Number 1 most frequent question on the Answer Wall! Here’s how: My assistants use this template: bit.ly/print-postit to create the ‘document’ and then send it to the printer as a manual feed. Then they put the actual template of sticky-notes into the printer’s manual feed tray.