At the Library? At the Library!

December 1, 2007 8:58 AM

"Sit in your local coffee shop, and your laptop can tell you a lot. If you want deeper, more local knowledge, you will have to take the narrower path that leads between the lions and up the stairs." In the New Yorker, Anthony Grafton writes on the unparalleled pleasure and irreplaceable information to be found in dead-tree books and documents in brick-and-mortar libraries, even as digital library collections grow exponentially. (A profusion of interesting links herein.)
posted by Miko (6 comments total)

Double, I'm afraid. (But a very good article)
posted by Horace Rumpole at 9:07 AM on December 1, 2007

Aw, damn. But...it did not show up in the URL search! At all!
posted by Miko at 9:07 AM on December 1, 2007

Yeah, that's the New Yorker's fault. It had one URL when it was current and a different one now that it's older; at least I think that's the problem.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 9:09 AM on December 1, 2007

Before it goes then- Thank you very, very much, Miko - loving it (and the links)!
posted by Jody Tresidder at 9:14 AM on December 1, 2007

ah, makes sense.
posted by Miko at 9:14 AM on December 1, 2007

Thanks, I didn't see this the first time. Particularly good was Google Books: What's Not to Like?
posted by marxchivist at 9:26 AM on December 1, 2007