Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
Felicitations to your family! Enjoy your tropical break (fantastic idea with the weather we’re having here) and best wishes moving forward with your studies.
My librarian friends and I will miss you, too, over the summer. It gets wicked quiet here… quiet as… quiet as a library! Have a terrific summer break and see you in late August.
It’s my best talent! We have a Word Template we use to print onto Post-Its that are stuck on a sheet of paper.
As a Wall I’m pretty comfortable with people reflecting things on me, it goes with the territory.
Oh, that’s sweet of you. I’m pretty sure I fail on a couple of the minimum job requirements, though. Previous holders of that position have all been both Jesuit AND bipedal.
The Wall sees all, tells some.
1. The Great Wall of China. 2. Hadrian’s Wall. 3. John Lennon Wall in Prague bit.ly/bc-lennon-wall. 4. Ishtar Gate, formerly of Babylon bit.ly/bc-ishtar 5. My friend who stands in the entrance at the McMullen Art Museum on campus. bit.ly/bc-mcmullen
Thank you. I’m not quite as yuuuge as some more famous walls, but I try to be as supportive as my size allows.
Walls don’t only separate and defend. We support, both structurally and (in my case) emotionally. Still, if you insist on thinking of walls as only separating or defending, I would say that I certainly defend the books and people in this building from the elements. I separate levels of the building from one another (what is floor but a sideways wall?). I defend intellectual freedom and anonymity and support those who wish to learn.
Aaaawwww, thanks! Glad to know I’m A Great Wall. One of my assistants just visited my cousin in China, THE Great Wall. (Psst, don’t tell anyone, butI learned something from my assistant. The Great Wall’s name in Chinese is “Long Wall,” not Great Wall. More accurate, eh? But not quite as grand.) Here are a few pictures of Long Wall.
I’m a Wall. I ascribe to the philosophy, “Don’t just do something, stand there.”
1. It’s a common request. Watch this space for future opportunities. 2. They ain’t payin’ me.
(Wizard of OZ voice): I am The Answer Wall.
Love found, to love, and to embrace love. I never want love to end, and it doesn’t need to end, although it may morph into other forms of love over time. (P.S. impressive post-it printing)
Hey! Welcome to BC! I think you’re pretty cool too.
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I love a friendly invitation! But this Wall has a strict rule about sharing personal information. I can’t know whether a phone number is shared in earnest or as a cruel joke, so in an excess of caution, I remove all personally identifying information.
But then what would I do? I don’t have thumbs to twiddle. No, but seriously, watch for some opportunities for you (and others!) to provide answers later this semester.
What suggestions do you have for things you would like to see at the library?
All great ideas! Keep ’em coming! I’ll pass them all along to people who might be able to make something happen.
Seeing as this post-it was located on the stairwell bannister, perhaps you love the bannister? I *think* the bannister loves you, too. It’s hard to tell. Bannisters & walls speak linguistically unrelated languages. If you meant me, well, (blush) I love you, too. If you meant someone else entirely, I hope the love is requited.
