[WEB4LIB] RE: Student use of library web services

[Tony Barry]

At 5:57 AM -0800 2/11/2000, Ian Winship wrote:
>Another major conclusion is that subject gateways are notable only for their
>lack of mention among students and academic staff,

Do we need to start questioning why libraries do them? They take a 
lot of work to compile. Perhaps they should not be targeted at the 
general user but created in response to clear demand, topic by topic, 
as particular user groups request them? Parhaps at the scale of a 
course, department or research group.

Tony
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