[BC] Another public station bites the dust

[Jerry Mathis]

On 6/26/06, Bernie Courtney <jerseyspikes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Museums probably arent going anywhere, but the same logic you could apply
> to
> niche formats also could very easily be applied to libraries.  With more
> and
> more research being done online, and traditional paper based material
> being
> digitized, there really ISNT a need for all the wasted space that
> libraries
> take up either.  Build some nice new condo's there instead, and put the
> archives in a rack of a data center somewhere and call it a day.
> bernie
>
Sorry, but it isn't quite the same.

I invite you to watch the original Star Trek series, the episode named
"Court Martial". In it, lawyer Samuel T. Cogley gives good reasons to not do
what you suggest.

Lots can be lost by copying and storing in/on a computer. The "flavor" of
what was originally written can be lost completely.

I've tried to sign up and read some of my favorite magazines, such as PC and
Stereo Review, online. I just can't do it. I need to be in my recliner,
kicked back, and be able to turn the pages. No, I can't explain it
logically. Some things can't.


-- 
JM