librarian grumble

[bunnyjadwiga]

*mumble mumble mumble*
just 'cos you can't find anything out on the open internet on it doesn't mean it's been erased from history.
That's what we *have* specialized resources for.
Just sayin'.

Comments

[marag.livejournal.com]

D'you know, I was kind of thinking that. My FIL is a research volunteer for the Holocaust Museum and I sort of wanted to sic him on the question and see what he could find.

However, the point that history is personal is a good one, so I didn't want to argue with her.

(I'm assuming we've both just read the same post...)

addendum

[asaia.livejournal.com]

Just because it's on wikipedia doesn't mean it's true (Martin Luther is NOT french)


sorry... my inner researcher came out for a second there

Aw man

[bytchearse.livejournal.com]

You mean I can't cite Wikipedia as a primary source? :-P

On the plus side, a lot of early printed (cook)books are scanned and online here. Can locate cites if you wish.

[deborah]

The thing that shocked me so much since becoming an archivist is how many archives aren't even under bibliographic control, let alone online. Boston Public Library doesn't even know what it has in its archives, and end-users think that if it isn't available on the open web (not to mention behind password databases) that it doesn't even exist, that there's no way to find it. People search and never call a librarian.

[pedropadrao.livejournal.com]

That, & the wails that one is greeted with when the patron is told that he or she must wait for the article or book. Look, bub, lack of planning on your part shouldn't be an emergency on my part. For a lot of the younger guys, we're their last resort instead of their first, & they wonder how the older guys always seem to have the information they need...I've hinted to them that it might be because the older guys figured that they can let someone else look things up for them while they can do other stuff, but the clues don't seem to stick.