An article on the staying power of the book.

US Federal depository libraries being made to destroy information

When federal officials told Mary Mallory to destroy a CD of information about the nation's largest water supplies, it was the antithesis of what she believes in professionally and personally.

'The Future of Ideas': Protecting the Old With Copyright Law

By DANIEL ZALEWSKI

This is from the New York Times. You will have to register to read it, but the NYT for free is always a good deal in my book.

What's ahead
Prognostications from a number of Library IT types and regular library workers.

Are we ready for the library of the Future?
www.salonmag.com/21st/feature/1997/12/02feature.html

Hello students in Libr 1111

Some of you have been sending the URL's of good articles to the list.
But, after I read the email, where do I keep the URL?
In a bookmark, on a webpage?

I thought of weblogs or BLOGS
In September 2001, I went to a conference in Winnipeg and talked to Peter Scott from the University of Saskatchewan. Peter is legendary in library IT circles.
He created the first directory of Internet accessible library catalogs called Hytelnet. It has been succeeded by Libdex.
Peter told us that Weblogs or Blogs are a very convenient way to communicate with a small group, or the world at large.

It depends on your audience and the scope of your interests. This can be an intro to Weblogs.
Richard