On Sat, 30 Dec 1995, C Harris wrote: > Do you have the same problems I do, when you try to use the Internet > for researching scripts, etc? [much omitted] Looking for: > a) Specific facts > b) Opinions, eg: historical accounts > c) Contemporary accounts, eg: letters > d) Specific files, eg: I might want the lyrics ***all of this points up the fact that the Internet is not yet (and maybe never will be) a full substitute for a library. If you believe what you read about it, the Internet is the answer to every information need....the fact is that most really valuable information--because it costs so much money to compile and/or to digitize--is not and never *will* be free. Your misconceptions about the Information Superhighway are shared by our clientele also, who are more and more beginning to assume that they will soon never have to set foot in this building again..... I'm sorry, but I don't think that will happen in our lifetime.... =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Carol Goodson, Coordinator/Off-Campus Library Services WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, Carrollton GA 30118 Voice: (770) 830-2360 | Fax: (770) 830-2321 | Message: (800) 295-2321 email: [log in to unmask] =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]