"NEA Today" article bothers me as a LMS--what do you think?

["Rita J. McKillip" <MCKILLRJ@MAIL.MILWAUKEE.K12.WI.US>]

Hello,
        I'm an elem. library media specialist and read an
        article in NEA TODAY called "Finding Grizzly Details"
        (Oct. 1996) that continues to 'bother' me.

        In this article a high school government teacher talks
        about research via the Internet and how her students

        "see that there are alternatives to the library when
        it comes to research".

        And:

        ....how "working with computers isn't  as foreboding as
        researching the stacks, having hundreds of books staring
        you in the face"---leaves more time, she says, for thinking
        about the big questions...

        Maybe she hasn't had the opportunity or insight into how so
        many library media centers are truly information centers
        where the Internet is THERE, is a part of research WHEN
        appropriate.

        I think we should all write to this teacher and let her know
        that there are LMCs that are the focal point in their schools'
        education, being the information center.

        What do you think?

        Her name is : Gail Bray
                        her email is listed in this article as:
        WHKK97B@prodigy.com


        Let me know if you can respond to her; I'll post a hit of the
        number of library media specialists who have contacted her.

        I think the more PR we can do the better.

        Thanks,
        Rita McKillip
        Milwaukee
        MCKILLRJ@mail.milwaukee.k12.wi.us