"There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action."
                                      Goethe

In this case, Goethe said it all.

Charley
The Professor
Ranganathan said it all!


Quoting "B.G. Sloan" <[log in to unmask]>:

> I have no idea whether or not this column was written 
> tongue-in-cheek, but it does offer an "interesting" citizen point of 
> view about public libraries...
>
> An excerpt:
>
> "If Mendocino County is strapped for money, and I believe it is, the 
> most logical thing it could do is close down all the libraries...Some 
> folks are going to argue that we need libraries because they are 
> centers for research and intellectual inquiry. Historically this has 
> certainly been the case, but it's no longer true. There was a 
> revolution about 20 years ago and it was called the Internet. Any 
> teenager can unearth more information in a five minute Google session 
> than you could discover in five days at the library."
>
> Full text at:
>
> http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/ci_14449602
>
> Bernie Sloan