"Point. Click. Think?", By Laura Sessions Stepp, Washington Post Staff
Writer, Tuesday, July 16, 2002; Page C01
article lead-in: "As Students Rely on the Internet for Research, Teachers
Try to Warn of the Web's Snares "
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9729-2002Jul15.html
quoting from the article:
"[...] Libraries have a longstanding appeal that goes beyond the antique,
baby's-breath smell of books and the sense of exploration, spelunking
through the stacks. Few students can get through college untouched by this
experience, whether they know it or not.
'There's something in a library that makes you feel like an intellectual,'
said Amy Newman. 'You can wear glasses, look like Dr. Cooperman. When you
read, the books have such nice writing.'"
"spelunking through the stacks", nice way of putting it.
k. p. collins
Kenneth Collins wrote in message ...
>CLARIFICATION:
>>i do use net resources published long-established news organizations. they,
>basically, 'Sign' their web pages, putting the full Authority of their
>organizations behind what they publish on the net.
>>such is, of course, nothing short of Spectacular, and world-opening.
>>but i also read, listen to, and view from the most of the same sources
>offline.
>>basically, i like to =See= the 'provenance' of the information i take-in.
>>[all of this 'explaining', since you asked.]
>>k. p. collins
>>Kenneth Collins wrote in message ...
>>i read the page at Washington U.
>>>>basically, i find the net 'interesting, and helpful in terms of coming
>>across things to look-up, but i do my reading in the Library, because i
>>respect the peer-review process. (even though everything i've submitted to
>>it has been 'rejected' :-)
>>>>what it comes down to is folks who put-it-on-the-line, by signing their
>name
>>to their work, all in a Verifiable way.
>>>>unfortunately, it's just not the same on the net. folks use 'pseudonyms'
to
>>post via 'identy-obscuring' mechanisms, and there's a lot of stuff posted
>>that's not been agreed upon by anyone except the one who posts it. there's
>>worth in such, same as any coffee-house discussion, but it's not the
>>most-direct route to getting to the 'heart' of anything.
>>>>so i do it the 'hard' way, in the Library.
>>>>no 'offense' intended.
>>>>k. p. collins [ken]
>>[...]
>>
