I cannot argue that librarians have a multitask brain - at least the 90%
who are not chromosomally challenged as I unfortunately am (XY!).
However I am not sure I would WANT a surgeon to work with one hand on
the cup of tea and the other on the computer mouse while having a chat
with a colleague - unless he was studying in an otherwise deserted
library that is! Or perhaps he could graft on a third arm for his bit
part performance in the theatres?
[And that apparently is my 0.1% worth of your working day for today
(assuming of course that you simply read my message, don't think or stew
on it (very likely!) or reply to it and that I don't use poor
statistical analysis to multiply it up by the number of list members.
And oh dear, by making this last point I have exceeded the 0.2% of my
working day allocated to composing my reply :-) ]
Best wishes
Andrew
Angélique Mattioli wrote:
> The truth is that unlike surgeons we librarians are able to work with one hand on the cup of tea and the other on the computer mouse
> while we are having a chat with a colleague. We have a multitask brain ;-)
>
> Angélique Mattioli,
> Bibliothécaire-Documentaliste.
>
> IRSPG asbl,
> Bibliothèque,
> avenue Georges Lemaître, 25,
> 6041 Gosselies
> Belgique
>
>
>
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