Role of librarians

[Tony Barry]

At 9:06 AM 15/10/95, Elisabeth Roche wrote:
>He contended that the same would be true for the Internet, just because we
>set up a new system with new
>access routes to information, the result would be the same, only a small
>minority of the population would bother
>using it for information. The libraries, which have all the information in
>them already, are more than underused.
>
>What does everyone think of this?

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.  You can also
lead a student to knowledge but you can't make them think.

Tony

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