[ThomasBHickey]

I was a Science Reference Librarian at John Crerar Library in Chicago in the early 70's, and this sounds very familiar, although we tended to get a slightly more focused set of questions (and our boss Mr. Quinn was much more pleasant!). I love Wikipedia, but the books in our Reference Collection were remarkable.

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I studied in Crerar many joyful times, though long after your tenure there, in the 2010s. It's a great, quiet library. One of my favorites on campus.