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Print vs. Electronic Information
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Fri May 22 09:45:49 1992
Date: Fri, 22 May 1992 08:41:56 CDT
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From: BURNET@ZODIAC.BITNET
Subject: Re: Print vs. Electronic Information
The paper-indexes-are-better-than-electronic-indexes turn this discussion
has taken harkens back to the card-catalogs-are-more-browsable-than-online-
catalogs debate of 15 years ago. Have we really forgotten so quickly?
Remember all those studies of the card catalog that indicated that an
overwhelming proportion of searches were author/title? Well, now it
appears that some large portion of those were actually subject searches
"disguised" as author/title searches and, even more importantly, that
people searched the way they did in the card catalog because of the
kinds of limitations the technology imposed, not because that's the
way they wanted to! This isn't anything new. Everytime a new
information technology comes along, a vocal minority laments the demise
of the old, and probably for good reasons. Electronic "indexing" has
incredible potential, but it will only be as good as those who practice
it ....
Kathleen Burnett
burnet@zodiac.rutgers.edu
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From: <KINGH@SNYSYRV1>
Subject: RE: Print vs. Electronic Information
Bravo, Cliff Urr! What a wonderful summation of the need for indexing in
the print and electronic environments.
kingh@snysyrv1
kingh@vax.cs.hscsyr.edu
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From: kjolsrud@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (Robert Helfer)
Subject: Electronic Documents
I recently received an advertisement for a monthly publication called
"Electronic Documents." The only reason I mention this is that this
publication appears to be available in print (on paper) only.
Robert Helfer
University of Texas at Austin
Internet: kjolsrud@bongo.cc.utexas.edu
