[BC] libraries vs on-line research

[Mike McCarthy]

This is going on a tangent from the original post of scanning documents 
which are otherwise not procurable and in the public domain.

Though I agree with the premise.

MM

At 08:38 AM 6/28/2006 -0400, Dale H. Cook wrote
>At 08:49 AM 6/27/2006, Al Stewart wrote:
>
>>Unfortunately the web has made it possible to get more wrong info ... and 
>>get it faster.
>
>I have found this especially true in my principal hobby, genealogy.
>
>>However it does make the real information -- whatever that is -- more 
>>readily available.
>
>Most amateur genealogists, however, seem unable to understand the 
>principle criterion for judging the trustworthiness of information, i.e., 
>what contemporary record can be cited to support the information. Thus a 
>site like my Packard Family site, which extensively cites transcriptions 
>of 17th- and 18th-century records, is often overlooked in the overwhelming 
>number of sites which do not cite contemporary records.
>
>A similar principle would apply in our line of work. If a site says that 
>KDKA was the first radio station, what records from the 1920s does it cite 
>to support that claim? This is a field (source citations) where Donna 
>Halper is perhaps the best qualified of all of us - it is her stock in trade.
>
>Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, Roanoke/Lynchburg, 
>VA - WZZI / WZZU / WLNI / WLEQ
>http://members.cox.net/dalehcook/starcity.shtml