I recently received a telephone request form a patron wondering if we 
had any "archives of prehistoric artists".  I pointed out (admittedly 
with a grin on my face) that archival holdings of papers by 
prehistoric artists tend to be scarce, since they would by definition 
predate the written word. Dead silence on the other end for a minute. 
Of course some books in the library on the subject of the Venus of 
Willendorf, cave paintings in Lascaux and Altamira, etc. more than 
covered what the patron was looking for and everyone was happy in the 
end.  First time for everything;-)

Bart





I recently asked a group of 5 or so work study students if they know 
who Dan Quayle is and got only blank, deer-in-the-headlights stares 
from all of them.

--Maria

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