What a busy day here at the library. From teaching computer classes, monitoring computers, riding on the Bookmobile and recommending readers, our Staff is constantly working towards providing the community with their personal, educational and recreational needs. We have had a good turnout for our computer classes so far, and everyone who takes the class learns something new.
As a librarian, I must say the chance to fill a patron's information need is probably the most rewarding aspect of the position. The feeling is especially strong when a patron brings in a very hard question which make take a good deal of time researching. At times these questions are few and far between, but when they do come, the time spent researching is rewarding because the answer is usually exciting.
So, random Q and A for you guys:
So what is possibly the toughest thing for a reference librarian to find?
I'll take Genealogy for $1000, Alex.
Genealogy questions take a good bit of time to research and often times we do not have the historical records to answer. Even though the internet has a ton of resources to assist with this research, we often times do not have first or last names, birthdates, or much of anything at all offered up by the patron. That does not mean we won't attempt to find answers. It just makes it all the more interesting!
If you have a question for us, please shoot us an email at sumref1@gmail.com!
-Winniford A. Simmons III
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you know, you could refer people with those kind of questions to the Sumter Genealogical Society (www.sumter.scgen.org) it's at 219 W Liberty St. Good people there too!
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