Library of the future

[Michael Ming, Hung]

if this is really to be true, then library will surely change its mission

At 06:34 AM 1998/10/9 GMT, you wrote:
>>To: LM_NET at LISTSERVE.SYR.EDU
>>From: wcscheer at diac.com (william k &/or cheryl p scheer)
>>Subject: Re: Library of the future
>>
>>For a thought-provoking description, check out Doug Johnson's  The
>Indispensable Librarian.  His vision of the computerized book runs on a
>watch battery that rarely needs changing, is bound in calfskin, weighs next
>to nothing and its back-lit screen allows you to, indeed, curl up in bed and
>read to the wee hours of the night without disturbing significant others.  A
>touch on the screen on an unfamiliar word brings up a dictionary definition
>and various font sizes allow you to adjust to different lighting.  Oh, tired
>of reading to yourself?  Switch to audio and the book will be narrated (you
>have a choice of famous voices); I wouldn't mind being lulled to sleep by
>Antonio Banderas!
>>
>>Cheryl Scheer
>>Librarian
>>Colorado Academy, Denver
>>wcscheer at diac.com
>>
>WK&/orCP
> SCHEER
>
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HK Professional Teachers' Union, Teacher-librarians' Group, Chairman

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