[WEB4LIB] Re: NYT magazine piece on e-books

[Masters, Gary E]

Sue:

Good point.  But I think that transition is about to happen.

Gary


Gary E. Masters
Librarian (Systems)
CDRH - FDA
(301) 827-6893 

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Sue Kamm [SMTP:suekamm at mindspring.com]
	Sent:	Tuesday, June 06, 2000 12:02 PM
	To:	Multiple recipients of list
	Subject:	[WEB4LIB] Re: NYT magazine piece on e-books

	If e-books are indeed the wave of the future, why is that printers
and printing
	costs are such an issue in libraries?  The clients in the public
libraries where
	I work print out Pokemon characters, superheroes, and answers to
research
	queries.

	Until the time when computers are as small and inexpensive as
calculators, and
	there's an easy connection between library computers and the
hand-held machines,
	people are still going to want hard copies.

	--
	Your friendly CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor,
	Sue Kamm
	email:  suekamm at mindspring.com
	"It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star Game and
the Old
	Timers' Game."
	--Vin Scully