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Got questions? Library researchers have answers

What country had the first license plates? (France) What is the life cycle of an eyebrow hair? (150 days). These are just a sampling of the questions answered each day by researchers at the New York Public Library's telephone reference service.

An article by Anthony Ramirez in the June 19 edition of The New York Times describes the service and explains why it continues to thrive in the Internet age, when most patrons can easily perform their own computer searches. For further details, read the full article.

Posted by John Micklos on 21 June 2006 in Libraries

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