5 hours A, 3/4 of an hour J today. Sundays are always pretty zooey at this library and the new "time-out" computer software that signs people up to use the Internet was feeling particularly buggy today which didn't help. Here are some of the questions/requests:
books on tape
Barron's (now in the regular newspaper section and not with the business magazines, but it still says they're there in the catalog)
World Journal (chinese newspaper) x5
access for laptops? (no)
SAT Prep books
Opportunities in Retail Careers
language and linguistics
videos in Russian
horror movies
English language tapes
typing books
fiction, Danielle Steele, etc.
5th in a Chinese series
wedding showers
volunteer opportunities?
pronounciation of a Bengali movie title (as if I could be of any help there)
DVDs
use earphones with the computer? (no)
showing people around (there were a TON of first-time users today)
Psycho
paper x10
nursing test study guide
algebra
Life of Pi
California State University writing proficiency exam prep
Tuesdays with Morrie
time?
complaint that someone was typing in the quiet study room (it is posted that you're not supposed to use laptops there)
business school rankings, finance speciality
print a SW boarding pass
interor decorating
Colin Powell
Toothpicks and Logos
The Inmates are Running the Asylum
20 Greatest Hits
Pomp & Circumstance on CD
Starlight Express CD
Cirque du Freak Series #2 (The Vampire's Assistant) and #3 (Tunnels of Blood)
rainbows (what colors)
Italy
music for kids
Hawaii Ultimate Guide
boyscout manuals
adult paperbacks
Da Vinci Code in Spanish (El Codigo Da Vinci)
housing boom article from Business Week (hurray for full text magazine archive searches)
learning English from Russian
listing of local ESL classes
Glacier National Park
computer science books (had a great conversation about different comp sci classes since the guy was pretty much working through my entire undergrad major course work -- algorithms, data structures, etc.)
Chinsil (Korean DVD)
reader's digest