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Hello,
  How many of you heard the NPR interview with the physicist from
Berkeley about his new book _Silicon Snake Oil_, criticizing the loss
of paper card catalogs, and the concept of digital libraries.  He
doesn't feel that access from a distance is that useful.  Knowing
that LC has a book doesn't do him much good (has he EVER used
Interlibrary Loan?)  Finally, he ended the interview saying we need
more librarians and books, not more equipment.  Gee, didn't Berkeley
CLOSE their library school?
 
Amused and amazed,
Linda Zellmer