[PW] Nichelle Welcome birth date

[Tracy Carr]

Wombats,

Don't you think it's overstepping a librarian's bounds to inquire why a
patron needs information? It's not up to librarians to decide whether an
information request is necessary or not (I believe that's called
"censorship"). I'm sure my patron who wants to call Donald Trump or write to
Fran Drescher has a perfectly good reason for it--one that I have never
asked--even though she contacts us AT LEAST 3 times a week for this type of
information. And besides, if the information is available somewhere, isn't
it a librarian's job to supply it to a patron?

Tracy Carr
Specialized Reference Manager
Mississippi Library Commission
3881 Eastwood Drive
Jackson, MS 39211
601.432.4450
tcarr at mlc.lib.ms.us

-----Original Message-----
From: project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org
[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of Ellen
Cousins
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 12:23 PM
To: list at project-wombat.org; lolsen at cumberland.lib.nc.us
Subject: Re: [PW] Nichelle Welcome birth date

Hello Lisa,

I have Nichelle Welcome's birthdate, but may I ask what your patron
wants it for? With stalkers and identity thieves all over the place, I'd
hate to cause any problems for Ms. Welcome.

If the patron wants approximate age and date, this will cover it:

http://www.caymannetnews.com/Archive/Archive%20Articles/November%202002/Issu
e%20288%20Fri/A%20Charming.html

Ellen C.

Lisa Olsen wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I have a customer who really wants to know the birth date of Nichelle
>  Welcome, who was Miss Cayman Islands 2003, and who participated in 
> the Miss Universe Pageant 2003.  Can anyone help?  I have already 
> searched online fairly extensively.
> 
> Thanks, Lisa
> 
> 
> ****************************************************************** 
> Lisa A. Olsen, Manager Cumberland County Public Library & Information
>  Center Hope Mills Branch 3411 Golfview Rd. Hope Mills, NC 28348-2266
>  (910) 425-8455 
> ****************************************************************** 
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