Yep, definitely a librarian
I had a spectacular librarian moment this morning. A particular girl who I’ve known for a few years—we were in a couple of Latin classes together—came up to the desk and asked if I knew where the term “nabla” came from. The question wasn’t for a class. She was just wondering.
So, we tried to find out. Wikipedia sort of knew, but there weren’t any clear sources. We suspected it would be a Greek word, so we went over to our dictionaries in reference. Alas, no ancient Greek. So I directed her to the Classics library; they have a Liddell & Scott hanging around.
The whole exchange took 3 minutes, but it embodied a huge aspect of why I’m here: helping people find things, regardless of academic pursuit or lack thereof.
Incidentally, I kept researching after she left. Our suspicions were right.
