On Mon, 15 Aug 2011, McDonald, Stephen wrote:
> James, you have completely misconstrued Todd's statement.
No, James got it perfectly on the mark.
> If person asks a clerk in a private warehouse "Where are the canned
> peanuts", he will say, "I'm sorry, if you don't work for this company
> you are not authorized to get canned peanuts from us." ... it would be
> ridiculous to say that, for instance, a corporate law librarian is
> ignoring his patron's needs if he does not provide access to online
> Dilbert comics.
Glib (and archaic) as that may be, I think we can safely exempt corporate
libraries from any expectations of responsibility to the general public.
:)
The rest of us have higher and broader responsibilities, and needs for
efficiency and value of operation to justify our existence as public
servants, as James so eloquently described.
Cheers!
jgm
John G. Marr
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Univ. of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
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