thanks – The Answer Wall

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019

Thank you for everything

You’re welcome!

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019

How do y’all type on the stickies?

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.

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018

Thank you for being a source of positivity and guidance

Thank you; you’re so kind! Wishing you and everyone else peace, joy, and warmth as this year comes to a close; and good things to come in 2019. <3 <3 <3

March 2, 2018March 2, 2018

This board makes me laugh, smile, & sometimes say, “huh?”

That just made my day! Thank you for your kind words, and for visiting me.

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.