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Re: netLibrary

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Winship)
Wed Mar 15 20:07:34 2000

Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:27:44 +0000
From: Ian Winship <ian.winship@UNN.AC.UK>
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Millard Johnson wrote:

> Most librarians "love" books.  Even so, we should see them for what
> they have become -- the bottle neck in the communication cycle.
> They are limiting availability, driving up costs, and slowing down human
progress.

Slowing down human progress?????
Discuss!

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City Campus Library, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK

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