Libraries vs the Internet

[Joan Rosen <jrosen@MCIUNIX.MCIU.K12.PA.US>]

I look forward to the time when the 'Net will be viewed as "just" another
resource, another place to look for information,  along with periodicals
and their indexes, books and library catalogs, reference materials
whether on CD ROMs or in print form, etc., and when people will come to
view the librarian as a person to help locate information on the 'NEt as
well as in more traditional sources.

Not everyone has access to the 'Net at home, nor will they for the
foreseeable future, just as not every parent has a set of encyclopedias
at home for his or her child.  Home encyclopedias did not reduce the
usefulness of libraries, nor even the use of encyclopedias in public
libraries or in schools.  Maybe that is not the best comparison, but I
think it's an appropriate one.

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