Friday, March 25, 2005

New government policy threatens Library

Here's an excellent article about one library's reaction to the GPO's new policy regarding distribution of depository materials. Some of the comments are vey insightful. It makes one realize that one of the great advantages of print materials are their permanence: once something is in print (absent a catastrophe) they can't be altered without destroying the original. An online version can be altered with a few key-strokes and mouse-clicks.....

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