What Kind Of Question Is That?

This week the Librarians are counting up all the reference questions we get, and separating them out into categories. Librarians love statistics; this count will help us find out which days and times are busiest, and what kinds of questions we get, as well as what sort of assistance our patrons need. We started discussing some of our more memorable questions. Amazingly we are frequently asked “do the stairs go down?” and “does the elevator go up?” One patron asked a Librarian for a recommendation of a historical novel. When she asked him what period he liked to read about he responded “night time”.
We just never know what we will be asked next.