Nicholas Baker in the Chronicle of Higher Education

[Drew, Bill]

Here is the blurb from the Daily Chronicle:

IN HIS LATEST BOOK, the author Nicholson Baker cautions 
   libraries against moving forward too quickly with information 
   technologies that could lead to the destruction of printed 
   library materials.
   --> SEE http://chronicle.com/free/2001/05/2001051003t.htm


While I haven't read his book, the interview in the Chronicle shows a well
thought out argument for keeping the physical material after it has been
digitized.  I don't find much to argue with him on.
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Wilfred (Bill) Drew 
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SUNY Morrisville College Library 
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