[WEB4LIB] Re: Library Hi-Tech News piece

[Karen G. Schneider]

:But Web4Lib is a conceptual descendant of Go4Lib, which dates back to
the

Oh, well, PUBLIB is a conceptual descendant of the semi-annual Small and
Medium Libraries Dinner at ALA, which has been around for a while, and
the informal ask-five-librarians network that was first developed in
Alexandria.  ;-)  "Jane, do you put the scrolls in the pigeonhole flap
down or up?"  "Usually down, Robert, so the bird poop doesn't get in.  I
had a question for you: have you thought of fireproofing your branch in
case of terrorist attacks or invasion by warriors?"  "No, could that
really happen?" 

o.k. major thread drift here...  

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