In article <[log in to unmask]>, Patricia Raynor <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> >>> SOHS Collections Department
> <[log in to unmask]> 10/29/97 06:55pm >>>
> Perhaps it's just my imagination, but it seems more and more
> people are using the internet not simply to find information, but to get
> someone else to do their research for them. I was a bit surprised about
> the  Thanksgiving question. Wouldn't a local library have that
> information?
> Reference librarians are superb people. What happened to
> books? Guess this is my gripe of the week :)

> hello.  Been to a library lately?  You wait in line for a
> computer to get your information!

Not all libraries have computers or have top of the line reference
materials.  If someone has done the research and its on the web why on
earth repeat the effort?

Also for the most part books are the 'official' view of things and museums
really have to go beyond the myth and legends that have been told and
retold ad nausium.  The computer and the internet are a *tool* just like
any other, to be used or abused.  It should never be the end all but a
supliment.