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Hello all,

I would like to bring up a topic for possible discussion.  While on vacation
this summer, I was talking with my mother who had just had a discussion with
the new librarian in my old high school in upstate New York.  During their
discussion he mention that he was going to throw out all the magazines!
When she told me that I almost had a stroke.  His justification to that was
that "everything can be found on-line".

Is this a new "trend" that is being taught in library school?  I know that
the internet is a great research tool, but it is not the end all be all of
research.

Am I just "old-fashioned"?  Is this the way things are heading?  I would
love to get some other thoughts on this topic.

Carol Petrie, Media Coordinator
West Brunswick High School
550 Whiteville Rd.
Shallotte, NC 29470
cpetrie@nccoast.net

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