Actual reference queries reported by American and Canadian library reference desk workers of various levels.

1. Do you have books here?
2. Do you have a list of all the books written in the English language?
3. Do you have a list of all the books I've ever read?
4. I'm looking for Robert James Waller's book, Waltzing through Grand Rapids. (Actual title wanted: "Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend.")
5. Do you have that book by Rushdie: 'Satanic Nurses'? (Actual title: "Satanic Verses.")
6. Where is the reference desk? (This was asked of a person sitting at a desk who had hanging above her head a sign saying Reference Desk.)
7. I was here about three weeks ago looking at a cookbook that cost $39.95. Do you know which one it is?
8. Which outlets in the library are appropriate for my hairdryer?

I got another new editorship yesterday:roll::D This one is for Susan Cooper. She's the author of The Dark is Rising sequence:D