Linking to URLs on the web--CNN

[JHENDERSON]

On Fri, 26 Apr 1996, Melody Fetske wrote:

> It is my understanding that it is a matter of courtesy to request permission 
> to link to other sites. 

As a matter of courtesy I do request permission to link to other sites when 
they are personal web pages.  I have not regularly requested permission of
corporate and institutional sites.  Does anyone else make this distinction?

John Henderson
Ithaca College Library
jhenderson at liber.ithaca.edu
(speaking for myself, not the library)