Comments on: “QUESTION SHOP” GIVES ANSWER TO ANY TELEPHONED QUERY

By: stelios kemenes

stelios kemenes — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:29:48 +0000

i donnt understund english good.please in GREECE end i will answer.

By: Mike Brisendine

Mike Brisendine — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:08:17 +0000

I too used my local public libraries “help desk”. It was also a great resource to settle bets like; how many floors in the Empire State Building? It’s who you called when you needed to know the GNP of Liberia for a school report. I wonder what reference resources the operators of the Question Shop had on hand?

By: Stannous

Stannous — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:03:46 +0000

Back in pre-net days I used to have all the subject phone numbers for the SF library question desk but they did away with it when Google, et al. came along.

By: Neil Russell

Neil Russell — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:44:36 +0000

It’s Compuserve 1.0
Actually it reminded me of the information department in the movie “Desk Set” that would take to the screen some 35 years later. I’d prefer to think of Joan Blondell answering my questions that this guy though!