Saturday, July 06, 2013

Getting Lost in the Stacks


Bravo!

Julio Alves writes about the indirect benefits gained by doing research the old fashioned way. An excerpt:

When I was a student, the stacks filled me with fear but also with awe—they contained so much learning! Today we applaud students not for exploring the stacks but for being efficient, making research quick and easy.

[HT: Fred Stork]

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