Library, Sunday

[genesishero]

Evan really didn't want to think about today. He came in to the library with working in mind, thank you, and that was what he fully intended to do. There were books to sort, after all. Books, and... more books. It was a library, after all.

And then when he was done sorting books, he was going to sit himself down at the desk and go through a few periodicals, mostly about the island's past invasions and other such weirdness, to put out in a display for the people who were still new to the school. Last weekend, they might not have believed any of the crazy stuff that people were telling them about the place, but now, after a week of Fandom's kind of unique curriculum, they might be a little more receptive to all of the warnings, after all.

Heck, some of these things were even surprising to Evan. Inanimate objects turning into people? And pets, too? Evan was trying to picture Old Lace and Ozzy as humans, and his brain was sort of breaking in the attempt.

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Re: Mod the Library!

[genesishero]

"Because they're fast, I think," Evan replied, watching him type.

This guy must really like cats, huh?

"Fast, and almost anybody can learn to use them with little effort. Little kids can learn to use this stuff too. Or people who have difficulty doing things that require more fine motor skills."

He watched the page load, and then nodded at it as the results showed up. The very first link on the page? Wikipedia. And then some cat videos, and some pictures, and a bunch more links underneath, besides.

"We can kill two birds with one stone, here," he noted. "The blue lines there are called links. They're kind of like the icons we clicked on before, only you have to click them once. It looks like Wikipedia has a page about cats. So you can actually look at what it says about cats there, if you click on the link that says Wikipedia."

And then maybe he'd teach Ichabod about the random page link there. And then he'd be doomed forever.

Re: Mod the Library!

[not-called-icky.livejournal.com]

Tell him about the random page link and he would have to be thrown out of the library at closing time.

But right now Ichabod's attention was all on the screen. No, he wasn't extremely interested in cats, but the amount of information suddenly displayed on the screen was truly a thing of wonder.
"This is remarkable! Is there a limit to what words I can look up?"

Re: Mod the Library!

[genesishero]

"Not that I'm aware of," Evan replied. "Though there might be some things you'll have difficulty finding in context. It's like cats... There are things that aren't actually cats, that are called cats. Machinery that people use in construction of buildings, or on farms, for example. And other technology, like CAT scanners, that are used in medicine, to make images of a person's body."

That's right. Cats had just gotten that much more complicated.

"You can look up almost anything on the internet that you want, from cats to music to history to maps. But, um, the library does have safeguards up so that you're not looking up pornographic images here."

Just making him aware! It was his duty as an aide!

Re: Mod the Library!

[not-called-icky.livejournal.com]

Half of that didn't make sense, but in response to the last comment, Ichabod quickly said: "I assure you I have no intention to look at such things!"

But by now he was getting the idea and typed 'greek language' eyes widening a little as the result appeared on the screen. He chose 'ancient greek' and continued reading, leaning closer to the screen.

"Is there a way to capture this on paper for safe keeping?"

Re: Mod the Library!

[genesishero]

"There is," Evan replied. "We have a machine called a printer. It'll make copies of whatever page you're looking at on paper, and they'll be over there," Evan pointed at the printer, "when they're done. You just move the arrow up to there," he pointed at the right menu, "and click once, and then down to print..."

It took him a moment, but he went over the whole printing process. Selecting the right printer from the menu, typing in how many copies he wanted. Explaining that sometimes the printer ran out of paper or didn't work properly, and it was perfectly acceptable to come and ask a library aide for assistance with that.

Re: Mod the Library!

[not-called-icky.livejournal.com]

Nodding at the instructions, Ichabod listened intently, then said: "Thank you for your time and patience. It is much appreciated."

[night!]

Re: Mod the Library!

[genesishero]

"You're welcome," Evan replied brightly, giving Ichabod an encouraging smile. "If you need anything else, I'm right over there at the desk. I'm Evan."

[Night!]