Media companies and reference service

I seem to be developing a reputation for getting the most random questions through all of our sundry reference avenues. If there was a contest, today would have crushed it.

I was sitting at the reference desk fielding the usual when an L.A. call came through. It was someone associated with a media company looking to use our library as a filming location for a tv show. I looked them up. It’s legit.

So to that, I ended up calling a number of administrators and gathering a list of contact names to pass along to this guy. I learned a bit more about our institution. And it sure beats the usual “where’s the bathroom” inquiry.