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Group -- Are any of you getting the message from your administrators that
once mulitple access points to the Internet is available in a school
building, that library media centers no longer need to subscribe to
magazine indexes or electronic encyclopedias?

I have fielded this question from other library media specialists twice in
recent days, and I find it a dark and gloomy prospect.  Evidently
administrators are being told that Internet access is equal to or
supercedes the information available in the media center itself.

Now, no one is a bigger fan than I am of the Internet, but I see the
resources as a *second* line of offense -- it is still not as easy as
walking up to one of the OPAC stations in the media center and pressing
#4 for Magazine Article Summaries and immediately the information flashes
on the screen.

Has anyone else detected this trend and also am I missing something (has
my paradigm not shifted sufficiently?)

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Floyd Pentlin, Library Media Specialist / Lee's Summit High School, Div. 2
400 Blue Parkway / Lee's Summit, MO 64063 / VOICE: 816-251-3418
FAX: 816-251-3419 / E-MAIL: fpentlin@hobbs.leesummit.k12.mo.us
      "Always remember that you're unique, just like everyone else."
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