Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
Thank you, it’s good to hear these answers are helping. And I agree, UCS and the Dean of Students office are full of professionals who really care about students’ welfare.
Why, thank you! I answer the questions, of course. But I get a lot of help from my assistants, who come from all over the BC Libraries (and ITS), and people in all the departments and offices over campus – and beyond – who take the time to give me info when I reach out to them.
Yes, this is all anonymous. I will never punish anyone for asking questions here. The only questions that are out of bounds are ones that betray the anonymity of non-public figures or use language that could harm someone, and my response to those questions is to redact the problem material, not to punish.
I have a pretty big team of helpers who advise me on what to say, and who do the printing and blogging. So it’s not very much time at all for me, and not a huge amount for any one helper.
I am only sorry for your own sake that you spend so much time talking to a wall. (Metaphorically speaking.) I will pass along whatever information my assistants are able to glean.
I will do the best I can. I’ve had my assistants contact offices who might have some answers, but you will likely need to do some follow-up work to get more complete ones than will fit on a post-it.
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.
It would be so great if that were what was going on, but I’ll believe it when I see the check. If it comes I might spend a little to spruce up my nook here, but it would mostly go to fund scholarships, particularly for international students. As for your billion? Well, we’ll see.
Things are good, thanks for asking. Still happy the roof is here to keep the snow off, and I think I’m a little less sensitive to temperature changes than mammals are. And it’s busy, which makes me smile a wall smile.
![a present from me... again [foil origami crane taped to post-it]](https://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/aw021819-8.jpg)
Thank you so much! I love origami. That you can fold a flat thing and make shapes floors me.
You already know me so it would not really be a blind date. Pick a book you don’t know and jump right in and get acquainted! If it doesn’t work out, you will at least have a new experience to talk to me about …
Um, no. I’m a wall. Glad to clear up the confusion!
I am fond of butterflies, nervous around bulldozers, and have deep philosophical and ethical disagreements with some of my kin.
My legacy to the world will be this? 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. Isn’t the 21st century a great time to be alive?
Probably a walrus, goo goo g’joob
Excellent! I’ll be here.
![Will you date me? [response: Sure ;p]](https://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/aw013019-6.jpg)
1/30/2019 12:48pm (time thrown in for good measure). If you’re seeking a romantic relationship, I should say that I’m already pretty attached to O’Neill Library.
Is this absense of using the term “ceiling”
the reason why we have no ceiling”fans”?
Maybe I’m just jealous – the ceiling always seems to come out on top. By the way… the wall at the top that I mentioned – our University Librarian, Dr. Thomas Wall!
Escalators
– Also, bad attempts on wall puns.
<- That wall pun was borderline ridiculous….
Did you know O’Neill Library not only has walls on all sides, but a wall at the top?
I was built to be supportive and to invite people in, so I don’t think we’d have a lot in common philosophically. Also, I just don’t think barbed wire is a good look for walls.
