On 3/31/07, Eivind Eklund <eeklund / gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/29/07, benjohn / fysh.org <benjohn / fysh.org> wrote:
> > [1] I'd love it if there were knowledge consultants in the world. Just
> > like I can go to a shop and have someone assist me in buying clothes,
> > I'd like to be able to go to someone and say "I'd like to know about x",
> > and they would say "ah perhaps you'd like this, this and this, then",
> > and I'd say "yes, those sound good, but this isn't quite right", etc. x
> > could be music, or part of biology, or international relations. And then
> > I could just drink things up and appreciate everything out there that
> > interests me.
> They exists, though they have a different title: Librarians.
>
> And yes, I'm fairly much serious.

And, like other knowledge workers, there are good ones and bad ones.
But yeah, a good reference librarian can be an amazing resource.

-austin
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