What is the librarian team of the New York Public Library called "human power Google"?

When there is something you want to investigate, most people use search engines like Google to solve the investigation. However, it is in New York, USANew York Public LibraryThere is a service which should be called "human version Google" that librarian who accepts a question by telephone answers questions by examining literature.

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In America · New York, there is a place called "Google before birth".


When I got a phone question saying "How do you call a group of cats?", The woman answered, "Because we will investigate a little, we will wait."


A literature woman.


I am looking up the table of contents of the book.


Often there are multiple books to examine.


And I looked for the target description.


"A group of cats calls" Clowder ""


If you have a question, whatever the question ......


If you call "9172756975" ...


It leads to a librarian at the New York Public Library.


"Thank you for calling. I am a New York Public Library"


"There are ten librarians at the New York Public Library that answer questions by phone," said manager Rosa Cabelleroli.


Today, Matthew ......


Bernard


Sleeper


Diane


"And I answered the question"


The department that answered the question by telephone was said to have started in 1967.


It seems that the New York Public Library records and stores interesting questions.


"Is it a full moon every night in Acapulco?"


"How many squirrels are there in the English paintings of the 18th century? How did the painter hand out the squirrel so that the painter would not be bitten?"


Indeed, there seems to be 30,000 telephone calls per year at the question correspondence department of the New York Public Library like "human power Google".


I asked questions to the questioning department of the New York Public Library. "Why do people question the department inquiring at the New York Public Library by phone?"


Mr. Rosa replied, "Perhaps people who have computers at home wish to talk to someone."


If you think of a question like "How many teeth are there in White Shark?" ...


If you call "9172756975" ...


Librarians answer questions at the New York Public Library in a beautiful building.