RE: Paperless society

Have you heard of GOOG-411?

AnaRita Puertas-Meyers
Information Technology Specialist III
Montgomery County Public Libraries

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org] On Behalf Of David
Rothman
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 10:05 AM
To: Carol Bean
Cc: Jocelyn Shaw; web4libwebjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Paperless society

And it is convenient to have a horse-and-buggy if your car
breaks down.
So?

On Feb 11, 2008 9:51 AM, Carol Bean <beanworksgmail.com> wrote:

> Not so inefficient when the internet connection is down
or
non-existent
>
> Carol
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2008 9:35 AM, David Rothman
<david.rothmangmail.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
<redfernshawgmail.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
> > >
> > > The Smartest Card. Get it. Use it.
> > >  the Hackley Public Library
> > >
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> >
> >
>
> --
> Carol Bean
> beanworksgmail.com
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