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Re: Modern Libraries (was Re: Bad news for TRU)
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Thu, 31 Jan 2002 05:59:51 GMT
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Alas for "dead storage".
Do less people browse now?
There is nothing like flipping through the card catalog just to discover the
breadth and depth of what exists.
There is nothing like wandering the stacks and discovering that your library
posesses handmade books, one-offs, journals with all the minutiae intact
such as announcements.
One of the oddest browsing experiences I have had was to physically show up
at the Troy Public Library to retrieve some odd art books, to discover that
the entire library--two floors--is cast iron. The shelves, the floors, the
bannisters, NOT the books.
Keep computers in their place -- save the card catalog.
-Erik
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| (...) I liked RPI's online card catalog. The nicest part was you could log in remotely and use it. It also had an extremely nice search engine, where you could expand and shrink your search. I never tested it for how complete the coverage was, and I (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| In lugnet.market.shopping, Scott Arthur writes: (snip of message which led to Scott Arthur's response) (...) My experience is that all of this is PARTLY true. On the good side, as Scott suggests, you can often get articles from journals which (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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