[13176] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: netLibrary
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph W. O'Sullivan)
Thu Mar 16 20:16:47 2000
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:32:43 -0500
From: "Joseph W. O'Sullivan" <joseph.osullivan@SAINTLEO.EDU>
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This is a blatant attempt to start a lame debate on the paperless society.
Ian, don't fall for it. I am going to get my flame thrower out and say that
anyone who feels that the sum of humanity's achievements will be digitized in
our lifetime had better lay off Dick for awhile and pick up some Dickens.
Until we have established a utopian society that no longer relies on exchange,
then profit will be the motive (or lack thereof) for putting all things
necessary for "human progress" online so that we all may access them quickly
and inexpensively.
Ian Winship wrote:
> 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!
Joseph W. O'Sullivan
Systems Librarian
Saint Leo University
My opinions are definitely my own...
