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Re: Help wanted.....



I'm in a sort of catch-22 here. The idea (from the boss) is to write finding
aids and develop the catalog database so that someone who knows nothing
about computers can use it. OK, but a lot of my potential users don't want
anything to do with computers to begin with.

Best wishes,

Thomas Berry, Archivist
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone 419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
tberry@wcnet.org
http://www.hcea.net



----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott, Kim A." <kascott@MONTANA.EDU>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 12:41 PM
Subject: Help wanted.....


> Sometimes you just have to wonder....
>
> Have you ever had someone in your reading room with "the attitude"?  You
> know what I am talking about....the scowling, stoic silence that speaks
> volumes of "you can't possibly know anything, so I wont tell you what my
> topic is.  I will just mindlessly request collection after collection,
take
> a brief look at the contents, and then send them back with disgust..."
> Usually they have incomplete citations to something that SOMEONE saw in
your
> shop years ago, and they imply that you cannot find it for them because
you
> are a nincompoop...
>
> Every shop has customers like this, and I am blessed with my fair share
> here.  My reference interview with these people is usually like a visit to
> the dentist; I'd pull the tooth if I could only get my pliers on it.  I
have
> learned to smile when I am insulted, grovel when I am reprimanded, and
> retrieve when I am asked, all in the name of public service.  The customer
> is always right in my book, even when they are so unpleasant.
>
> What I find particularly interesting in considering these folks is their
> reluctance/refusal to use any of the electronic indices that we have
> available.  How about you?  Do your RWA (researchers with attitude) also
> have an aversion to the computers we are all so much in love with?
>
> Kim (glad to be back) Scott
>
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