不客气! It’s a challenge, but I love a challenge, especially when it involves support. Walls love to support.
Thank you for the wall to understand the Chinese!
新年快乐！(Happy Lunar New Year) to the doggies too :)
Thank you! 新年快乐！to you as well. May you be healthy and prosperous! I’ll make sure the human companions of the doggies pass along your wishes.
SI POP NU TRMON
È solo a rischio della tua stessa umiliazione che mi chiami <<trmon>>. Sono un muro. Non ho estremità, ma ho molti amici.
How do you get the printer to print on post-its?
Putting a post-it by itself in the paper tray would probably be a very bad idea, but I’ve had very good results with my method. My helpers have a 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.
They’re all good boys and girls wall!
12/10. They’re good dogs Brent.
I appreciate you answer wall answerer
My helpers are grateful for your appreciation. I keep them very busy researching and typing up answers all day, so they deserve at least some of the credit for what looks like a seamless, one wall endeavor.
Hello there, Wall. I’ve missed you lots. Thanks for giving us all the motivation and advice to succeed <3 ;)
Aw, thanks! When you folks go away, I miss you, too. I just try to be supportive, because that’s what walls do. We support. I want everyone to be the best of exactly who they are.
Where do old questions go?
Do you mean the questions you ask me? They’re all on my blog: answerwall.domain.bc.edu. Other questions are something of a mystery. Many of the answers are in libraries. You could reverse engineer the answers to find the questions. But those are all answers in writing, which are historically probably the minority of questions. If one day someone in ancient Carthage asked a wise man when the rains would come, well, that question is kind of… gone. Blowin’ in the wind, you might say.
Happy Chinese New Year!
Chinese New Year officially begins in two days on Feb 16th. But I’ll celebrate with you now anyway- Happy Early Chinese New Year!!
你会写韩语吗? (Do you write Korean?) Please Show me.
![[Chinese & Korean awaiting translation] Please show me.](http://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aw02122018-6.jpg)
It’s so gratifying (and helpful!) that other visitors to the wall have obliged me by writing Korean on my behalf. And I love the irony: what the visitor wrote in Korean was “I don’t know how to do it.” And also a friendly “Hello, How are you?” 네, 안녕하세요. 반갑습니다. 글 남겨주셔서 감사합니다.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WALL
? Thank you! ? Alas, I’m unable to enjoy a slice of cake…but perhaps you could have some on my behalf?
你是怎么看懂中文的呢? (How do you understand/read Chinese?)
![[Chinese, awaiting translation]](http://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aw02122018-8.jpg)
I have many, many assistants in BC Libraries and beyond. If two heads are better than one, then dozens of heads are even better, and dozens of librarians… it’s kind of like having the entire published history of humanity at my beck and call. Librarians are amazing that way.
How do you celebrate Chinese New Year?
I’ll be celebrating Chinese New Year with the entire library on February 16th when we are having multiple therapy dogs visit (in honor of the Year of the Dog, of course) as well as a new year’s wishing activity and some traditional giveaways. All of the events will be in the Reading Room on the 3rd floor of O’Neill. Watch the space across the lobby from me for a related book display too!
Hi Wall R u religious?
You should read my bio on answerwall.domain.bc.edu. I am not merely religious; I have acolytes. No, but seriously. I am religious, but I’m a little private about such things. It’s easy to get caught up in Wall mysticism: walls protect, and yet we also divide. Suffice it to say I believe everyone has the capacity to be and do good for themselves and others by being generous with knowledge & love.
How many languages do you speak? | Also why do u choose this font?
There are speakers of at least 26 languages from Akan to Vietnamese willing to help me out, but if a question comes in in a language that is not one of these, I am shameless in reaching out for help beyond the library! And the font? It made me nostalgic for my old typewriter.
I love this puppy! More pics!
There will surely be more pups! (Watch for many, many pups on February 16, the Chinese Lunar New Year that begins the Year of the Dog. Here’s a preview:
Will YOU be my Valentine oh dear Answer wall?
I will absolutely be your Valentine, dear human. Please understand, though, that I may be a Valentine for others as well, because I deeply believe that love provides the best foundation.
Admiror, O paries, te non cecidisse, qui tot scriptorium taedia sustineas
Non nobis solum nati sumus. (Cicero, De Officiis 1.22) bit.ly/bc-cicero
Can I work here? (e.g. a position where I am in charge of answering Q’s on this wall?)
If you aspire to do this type of work – and who wouldn’t – perhaps you would like to look into a career in libraries. Reference Librarians specialize in being prepared to answer any questions that come at them, and the excitement of never knowing what you’ll need to research (and learn) next is real.
There is no more post-its there <--- :(
I apologize from the bottom of my foundations. I have spoken with my library assistants, and they will make sure the dispenser is stocked more dependably.