RE Libraries obsolete?

[Joanne Ladewig <shatz1@EARTHLINK.NET>]

Louise and LM_Netters:

 If he's right, then wouldn't libraries be empty and shuttered up? I wonder
if he's been to a public or college library recently . . .

 I was at a busy public library this week doing a homework assignment for
my college Library Tech class, which just happened to be training for
working the reference desk. In the hour that I was there, the reference
desk, with two attendants, was RARELY without people needing assistance!
There was a steady stream of folks; sometimes a line formed, including
several school kids (the time was just after school). What they needed
(whether an item or just information)was located for them by the reference
desk staff, even though some had "searched the Internet" without success on
their own! As I mentioned, this was not the early evening (the normally
"busy" time) but right after school. Seems that many folks STILL need
libraries AND library staff to help them, despite the Internet!

Joanne Ladewig, Library Aide (A.K.A. "Library Lady")
Lawrence Elementary, G.G.U.S.D.
Garden Grove, California
shatz1@earthlink.net
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