Category: Wall

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Favorite quote?

Favorite quote?
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

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Why are so geek?

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!

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What is the best dorm on campus? Do you like your life as a wall??? :)

What is the best dorm on campus? Do you like your life as a wall??? :)
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.)

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Have you ever seen a cow?

Have you ever seen a cow?
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.

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Is there anybody speaking Vietnamese here?

Ở đây có ai nói tiếng Việt không??? [Is there anybody speaking Vietnamese here?]
Ở đây có ai nói tiếng Việt không??? [Is there anybody speaking Vietnamese here?]

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.

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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.

"We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of the decadent American society. We want education that teachs us our true history and our role in the present day society." -- Blank Panther Party, 10-point program, point #5
Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis
Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: cartoon character with speech bubble: I dunno what to tell you man
Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis
Though my soul must set for darkness/It shall rise in perfect light/I have loved the stars too fondly/To be fearful of the night
Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis
Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: cartoon bird with speech bubble: "Oh No..." I am the Best! We are the BEST!
Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis
Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: jumble of illegible words near a series of buttons on the wall.
Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis
Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: jumble of illegible words, and: We all have both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. that's who we really are.
Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis
Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: several cartoon figures, including Batman. Illegible text.
Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis
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]
Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis
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]
Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis
Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: [cartoon figure peering out from behind another] SMAE
Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis
Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: [drawing of palm tree and monkey] Be Happy, DJ Ross, Hour 7! [small cartoon faces]
Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis
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What are you doing this summer?

What are you doing this summer?
What are you doing this summer?

Thanks for asking… Now that the stress of preparing for my talk at the BLC Networking Day is over, I’m not planning on doing anything else out of the ordinary; just hanging out in the library and answering questions. One fantastic thing about this summer is, since I don’t get to go to the beach, the library has brought the beach to me. Turn around, you’ll see it. Can you hear the waves?

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Is this what you look like naked? :)

Is this what you look like naked? :)
Is this what you look like naked? 🙂

I think what I looked like this past week was more like what it looks like when I leave the house. I haven’t been naked in a long time thanks to all your awesome questions on post-its! But I’m pretty close now, wearing my summer wardrobe.

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Did you have a good time and also learn new things?

Did you have a good time and also learn new things?
Did you have a good time and also learn new things?

I did, thanks! It was a terrific networking opportunity, and the program was excellent, including a thought-provoking and engaging keynote on building a more diverse environment, as well as lightning talks covering a wide range of topics. I got a strong sense that the audience valued my presence and that other libraries may consider inviting a wall of their own to answer questions.

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My grammar is flawless – “on Newton” being an abbreviation for “on Newton Campus” (em-dash may be used to function as a comma above).

My grammar is flawless - "on Newton" being an abbreviation for "on Newton Campus" (em-dash may be used to function as a comma above).
My grammar is flawless – “on Newton” being an abbreviation for “on Newton Campus” (em-dash may be used to function as a comma above).

I’m sorry! Your grammar is indeed perfect, and I’m not sure how I read “on Newton” as anything other than the Newton campus. (If walls could blush, I’d be beet red right now!) I will look into the wilting of flowers on the Newton campus and provide an answer when I find one.

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How do you print on these post-it notes

How do you print on these post-it notes
How do you print on these post-it notes

It is pretty easy once you know the trick. My assistants use this template: bit.ly/print-postit to create the ‘document’ (sometimes adapting the type size so the responses will fit on a post-it). Next they take a printed copy of the template and put post-it notes on it. Then they send the ‘document’ to the printer as a manual feed, put the template with sticky-notes into the printer’s manual feed tray, et voilà!