Subject: Re: Library Link discussion (fwd)
Guedon Jean-Claude (guedon@ERE.UMontreal.CA)
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:48:11 -0500 (EST)
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:48:11 -0500 (EST) From: Guedon Jean-Claude <guedon@ERE.UMontreal.CA> Subject: Re: Library Link discussion (fwd) To: arl-ejournal@arl.org In-Reply-To: <v0211011fb2dd358987d6@[203.37.43.24]> Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9902032153.E9176-0100000@esi25.ESI.UMontreal.CA>
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Tony Barry <tonyb@dynamite.com.au> wrote:
>
> On 28/1/99, Jean-Claude Guedon <guedon@ere.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> >
> > librarians do play an enormous role in facilitating the retrieval
> > procedures of the scholar. They are the best equipped for that task
> > and, therefore, should not be left out of the loop even though the
> > ultimate logic of the situation is to help scholar-to-scholar
> > communication.
>
> True but they might do that more effectively in an online world from
> within learned societies or as part os an interest group rather than
> as part of a physical library.
In reply to Tony,
The role is more important than the building. Librarianship, in
other words, will live long after codex-shaped documentation has
been marginalized. How it will live and in what kind of
institutional setting is a difficult and open question.
Best,
jc
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