Re: Resources on the 'net (fwd)

[Floyd Pentlin <fpentlin@HOBBS.LEESUMMIT.K12.MO.US>]

In regard to my previous post about administrators who see the Internet as
a substitute for locally held resources, I received the note below.  I do
want to make it clear that I have currently 23 computers with Internet
access (we have our own node) and will have more shortly  (and that is way
more computers than what is available as OPAC stations)..

The issue still remains, however, that navigating the Internet is neither
transparent nor *fast* compared to an electronic index, e.g., in one's own
media center.

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HOw many phone lines do you have? I only have one for theinternet so
there is no chance that we can do without our CD-ROM stations.  Internet
does not end our need for other types of resources. Also right now the
internet is not organized well.  The information is there but it is
difficult to find.  We are lacking a good index so we know what is there.
It is just one more resource not the only resource.
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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
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