The voice of humor as well as reason.  We've had this discussion before
with our Archivist who is totally anti-machine.  She has a beautiful card
catalog for searching the items in the collection, and of course there's
no fear of the system going down.  I don't think the Web or other
Internet type services will replace print media.  I still prefer to
snuggle down with a good book than stare bleary-eyed at a monitor.  Not
the same experience.  And I don't want to hear from any anthropologists
(or sociologists for that matter).

O


Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA  92886
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On Tue, 1 Jul 1997 17:03:30 -0600 "Henry B. Crawford"
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
>>I just received the new issue of AVISO.  Except for a few brief items
>on
>>the front page, the ENTIRE PUBLICATION is devoted solely to
>classified
>>ads.  Seems to me that these can be provided much more quickly, much
>more
>>cheaply, and to a much broader audience via the AAM Website -- and
>save a
>>few trees in the process.
>>
>>--Jim
>
>
>Let's not try to be so exclusive.  It is important to remember the
>small
>museums which are not yet on line, and those which probably will not
>be
>connected in the near future, not to mention the students who receive
>AVISO
>as part of their student membership rate.  AVISO in print still
>reaches an
>otherwise excluded constituency.
>
>I don't want to see AAM become a web-users-only organization.
>
>IMHO
>HBC
>
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