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    LIS 691 The Virtual Library - Crises and Controversies
    Week Three: Bricks or Bytes

    Debate Topic:

    "Whatever anyone says about 'virtual communities', as far as a library goes, cyberspace is no substitute for physical place."

    Readings

    Michael Gorman, "The Treason of the Learned: The Real Agenda of Those Who Would Destroy Libraries and Books". Library Journal Feb15, 1994 130-131.

    Michael H. Harris and Stan A. Hannah, "The Treason of the Librarians: Core Communication Technologies and Opportunity Costs in the Information Era". Journal of the Academic Librarianship Jan 1996, 3-8.

    Mathew Friedman, Fuzzy Logic, Ch.3 and 9.

    Last revised: June 2, 1999
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