Replaced by Search Engines [future of libraries]

[Michael Sauers]

> hahahahahaha!  OK, if search engines get positronic brains and become
> related to Commander Data of Starfleet, then, and only then, will our
> traditional role slip away.

I love to use Ask Jeeves <http://www.aj.com> as an example of this one.  AJ
tries to interpret your questions and present it back to you, sort of a
computer based reference interview.  Usually it does quite well but try the
following question "What are the Riverbank Publications?"
and see what it thinks you're asking...

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     Information is power. Information is currency."
                 --Billy Idol, Wasteland

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