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 (714) 993-5075; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail: [log in to unmask] 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 > >***************************************** >Henry B. Crawford Curator of History >[log in to unmask] Museum of Texas Tech University >806/742-2442 Box 43191 >FAX 742-1136 Lubbock, TX 79409-3191 > WEBSITE: http://www.ttu.edu/~museum >*********** "Shaken . . . not stirred" *********** >