[12100] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: No more "library reference service"?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Auld, Lawrence W.S.)
Thu Mar 26 00:20:54 1998
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:53:01 -0600
From: "Auld, Lawrence W.S." <AULDL@MAIL.ECU.EDU>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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Jack, I can't tell you why this AOL service and others like it
will _not_ replace library reference service as we now know it for the
simple reason that this, together with other parts of the world wide web
are already replacing much of the reference function of libraries.
There are many issues (e.g., quality, equal access, fees, etc.) that
need to be addressed, but the world wide web is not waiting. Any
resolution will not be easy, since these issues are intertwined with
many other issues on which our society is thoroughly divided. It is all
very interesting. I wish I had some good answers.
This is intended as a very calm response - I hope that it was
received as such. :-)
-- Larry
Dr. Lawrence Auld
Library Studies and Educational Technology
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
> ----------
> From: Jack Kessler[SMTP:kessler@well.com]
> Reply To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum
> Sent: Monday, March 23, 1998 7:38 PM
> To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
> Subject: No more "library reference service"?
>
> ----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
>
> Would someone please explain to me, calmly, why the following will
> _not_
> replace "library reference service" as we now know it?: note the
> "library
> - quality" label in what follows --
>
