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Subject:Re: Death of Paper From:WandaJane Phillips <wandajp -at- ANDYNE -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 30 Mar 1996 11:30:31 -0500
David Blyth wrote:
> I'm not going to be terribly dogmatic about my position (rather
> difficult when you're not entirely convinced of it yourself).
> >The library fallacy
> <Snip>
> What it boils down to is this: is it fundamentally easier and quicker
> to retrieve technical information from the Internet or from a local library?
Interestingly enough, I just spent more than 10 hours trying to find two
pieces of information using the internet. I know of a library where I
could have walked in and, in about 3 minutes, found and transcribed the
information. Unfortunately, I would have to drive for nearly 5 hours to
accomplish this.
