[Web4lib] Paperless society

[Jocelyn Shaw]

I didn't say it was silly or wrong, just that I had chuckled at it.
Sometimes for local information the local phone book is more efficient.  It
was right to hand, I didn't have to open a new browser window...just thumbed
through.  Perhaps public library work is different from what you are used
to.

Jocelyn


On Feb 11, 2008 9:35 AM, David Rothman <david.rothman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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-- 
Jocelyn Shaw
Librarian
Hackley Public Library
316 W Webster
Muskegon MI 49440

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