public I'net access -- news article

[Shirl Kennedy]

Libraries Provide Public Access:  Terminals Make Even Out-of-Towners at Home
on the Internet  (Detroit News)

"Sometimes you'll depart with exactly what you wanted -- a half-hour on a
friendly workstation reading and responding to e-mail, checking for news and
sports and perhaps a quick visit to Maps OnUs.com to examine a regional road
map. In other cases, you'll find no computers at all or rules barring you
from using what the place does have."

http://detnews.com/1998/cyberia/9804/02/04020062.htm


Shirl Kennedy
Internet Waves columnist -- Information Today
Best Bet Internet:  Reference and Research When You Don't Have Time to Mess
Around
http://www.ala.org/editions/openstacks/bestbet/index.html