[287] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
RE: Subject Guides to Internet Resources
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (CGOODSON%UGA.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.E)
Tue May 19 10:03:51 1992
Date: Tue, 19 May 1992 08:58:57 CDT
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From: CGOODSON%UGA.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU
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In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 15 May 1992 11:40:22 CDT from <ABOZE@IRISHVMA>
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On Fri, 15 May 1992 11:40:22 CDT Andy Boze said:
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>I suspect that a large number of computer center staffers would say that
>their role is to provide access to information, too. If there's a
>distinction to be made, maybe we could say that the librarian's role is
>to provide intellectual access to information, while the computer center
>provides technical access.
I disagree with this distinction. I think librarians provide both technical
and intellectual access. Intellectual insofar as we recommend sources based
on our knowledge, and technical when we teach others how to utilize these
sources. Yes, we need to cooperate with computer center people, but access
to *information* is our business, not theirs.
