Draw your own conclusions about what this says about information
literacy, knowledge of research resources, the ability of secretaries at
law firms to do cost-effective research, etc.
We just got a phone call from a woman who said, in a convincing New
England accenct, that she was with a law firm in Massachusetts. She said
she wanted to know what the abbreviation for Mississippi was. We told her
that in postal addresses it was "MS" but that in legal citations it was
"Miss."
Brian Huddleston huddlest@mc.edu
Reference/Computer Services Librarian http://www.mc.edu/~huddlest/
Mississippi College School of Law (601) 925-7128 (Voice)
151 E. Griffith St. (601) 925-7112 (Fax)
Jackson, MS 39201
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