And yet, I have answered plenty of these types of questions as a volunteer
for the Internet Public Library (IPL) this semester. And they come from
everywhere in the world.
Bryan
>
>In sum, the web has obsoleted *some* of the uses of the library
>already. Once upon a time people did need the library?or a decent
>personal library?to answer trivial factual questions. That time is
>gone. But I'm not convinced Wolfram Alpha, or any similar technology,
>will shrink the library's domain much further.
>
>Tim
Received on Mon May 04 2009 - 12:30:34 EDT