(Fwd) Packard Bell commercial

[Joe Schallan]

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>Date:          Mon, 28 Oct 1996 11:20:25 -0500 (EST)
>From:          Ross Holt <rholt at ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us>
>Subject:       * Packard Bell commercial (not a stumper)
>To:            stumpers-list at crf.cuis.edu
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>Writing with my keyboard warmed up in hell in hopes that someone who
>subscribes to other library lists might cross-post this....
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>Has anyone seen the Packard Bell computer commercial that encourages
>people to access information from home rather than venture to the library?
>It appears to be VERY anti-library. The library is depicted as a dark,
>menacing place full of dusty books with spiders in them, lorded over by
>red-jacketed, skinhead storm troopers marching in a rectangle and
>uttering, "Shhh", in machine-like rhythm.  Outside, the New York Public
>Library-style lions come to life to menace the poor patron, who is caught
>in a furious rain storm.  Then the scene shifts to a sunny, bucolic
>landscape with a cute cottage where life is cheery and pleasant, where
>information can be accessed via home computer.
>
>I find all this very offensive.  I want people to have home computers and
>search the web til their hearts are content.  That's great.  But don't
>vendors like Packard Bell understand what libraries are all about?  Don't
>they understand that we all work together on this?  Don't they understand
>that libraries buy computers too?
>
>Just wanted to start some discussion, but if you are inclined to respond,
>do it OFF this list (Stumpers).
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>Thanks,
>
>Ross Holt
>Randolph County Public Library
>Asheboro, NC
>
>(Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the
>North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.)
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Joe Schallan
Reference Librarian
Glendale (Arizona) Public Library

jschall at glenpub.lib.az.us