Re: Rebuttal sent to Jim Trelease re: A library's function and purpose

[Joni J Rathbun <jrathbun@OREDNET.ORG>]

On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Jeff Kirkpatrick wrote:

>         Likewise, the research function of many media centers is in no way
> enhanced by tittering coffee clutches.  Or has research, too, become passe?

Research has not become passe. If anything, it's more popular than ever.
Research, however, that always takes place within the four walls of a
library media center is another -- but related -- issue.

If we cannot imagine the library of the future, with and without those
walls, then someone else will do it for us.


   Not all who wander are lost....

   J. Rathbun, Librarian
   Lincoln Elementary School - Las Vegas, Nevada
   jrathbun@orednet.org [home]




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