[Web4lib] Paperless society

[Thomas Edelblute]

I find the paper phone book to be much more up to date and reliable than
their online equivalents. 


Thomas Edelblute
Public Access Systems Coordinator
Anaheim Public Library

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Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:35 AM
To: Jocelyn Shaw
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Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Paperless society

Jocelyn-

Telephone books are *much* more scarce than they used to be.  That you
continue to use the most inefficient available container for this sort
of information doesn't make the assertion silly or wrong.

-David
David Rothman
Community General Hospital Medical Library Syracuse, NY On Feb 11, 2008
9:29 AM, Jocelyn Shaw <redfernshaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had to chuckle at the quote:
>
>  "'Paper is no longer the master copy; the digital version is,' says 
> Brewster Kahle, the founder and director of the Internet Archive, a 
> nonprofit digital library. 'Paper has been dealt a complete deathblow.
> When
> was the last time you saw a telephone book?'"...
>
> Having used the phone book twice in the last 20 minutes to answer 
> reference questions I found it quite humorous.
>
>
> Jocelyn Shaw
> Librarian
> Hackley Public Library
> 316 W Webster
> Muskegon MI 49440
>
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