At 09:36 AM 3/25/02 -0800, you wrote:
>I recall the meeting where our most esteemed colleague stood, arms folded,
>and told us this thing called the Internet would be gone before
>they could get the finishing touches on his new library - and that
>it would be over his dead body that he'd allow the Internet to be
>installed.
Heeheehee...books have been written on predictions that
failed...spectacularly! And this kind of obstructionism (as opposed to a
healthy skepticism) *should* be eliminated...sometimes natural selection is
just toooooo slow! <G>
>A couple years later the position was eliminated altogether.... which
>brings us to the other side of the issue ---> administrators who
>think a library is nothing more than a room with some books in it
>and that anyone can keep a room with some books in it.
Hence the need for active professionals who use a mix of tech and human
brain power and demonstrate this to he powers that be daily.
Mark Williams
Librarian
Colton High School Library
777 W. Valley Blvd.
Colton, CA 92373
mark_williams@eee.org
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