LM_NET 06/26/98: No Subject

[Jeff Kirkpatrick <jeffkirk@SNI.NET>]

From owner-lm_net@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Fri Jun 26 18:30:Friends:
        Earlier this week (6/23/98) I offered an admitted "just off the top
of my head" response to the question of whether it is reasonable to see the
Internet as a legitimate replacement for libraries.  My answer was rather
wordy, and it must be conceded that many audiences will not sit still for
such.
        A synthesized, edited version, designed as an "armor-piercing
bullet," follows:

        Relying on the Internet to satisfy our information needs is as well
considered as relying on TV to meet those same needs.
        As the saying goes, you get what you pay for (or you settle for
"Whatever")... .
        The Internet is NOT an information superhighway.  Rather, it is a
wild and most certainly polluted river, from which we may choose (or be
compelled) to drink.
        My (public) money is on state-of-the-art, professionally managed
and maintained library media centers; information reservoirs whose media
specialists' EXACT purpose and mission is to thoughtfully and responsibly
share back a cleansed and purified information selection, for which these
professionals know to hold themselves accountable, both in and for the
public trust.

        Whatever.
        Party on!

JEK

*****
        Failing to set reasoned limits means we leave ourselves pushing out
our four walls, only to have the roof collapse on top of us.  At the same
time, failing to provide and use doors to permit ourselves to venture out
and others to venture in, results in simple stasis--leaving us the
equivalent of undiscovered, unappreciated geodes.

Jeffrey E. Kirkpatrick
Present Occupation: Clown in training (in Aurora, CO).  (Like my costume?)
e-mail address: jeffkirk@sni.net

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Hello,

I recently learned that a co-worker's 3 year old son has been diagnosed
with an inoperable brain tumor and has a year to live.  While we all
have expressed our sorrow to her, we'de like to do more (we're thinking
of creating a scholarship fund).

The mother is still coming to work every day.  We're trying to treat her
as normally as we had prior to this tragic news.  However, let's face
it, the next year is going to be heartbreaking.

We don't want to do anything that will make things more difficult or
akward.

Has anyone on this caring list been in the same situation or know of
someone who has?  If so, could you kindly share any suggestions?  When
is the most appropriate time to set up a fund?  Any books you can
recommend for the mom & family as well as us? You may correspond
directly to me if you prefer.

Janice Kowalski-Kelly
MLS student
jlkk@acsu.buffalo.edu

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