Comments on: Is the Library of Congress The Next FEMA? http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2006/06/27/is-the-library-of-congress-the-next-fema/ The Blog Of An Open Source Librarian, In Which There Is No Shushing Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:55:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Bryan http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2006/06/27/is-the-library-of-congress-the-next-fema/#comment-769 Bryan Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:42:46 +0000 http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2006/06/27/is-the-library-of-congress-the-next-fema/#comment-769 Bushco has no taste or sense of history. I'm a computer programmer and system analyst who understands the value of digitizing to preserve thoughts, and believe that it should happen to everything submitted to the Library of Congress, but reading it on a screen is not the same as a book. I still print off things I want to study, and enjoy browsing in the stacks of old bookstores and libraries. I don't want to be tied to electricity, because that's not a given on the Gulf Coast. I would also point out that Google is not as good as Alta Vista when you are looking for something specific, like a phrase. I spend a lot of time on the 4th or 5th page of searches finding what I'm looking for. Bushco has no taste or sense of history. I’m a computer programmer and system analyst who understands the value of digitizing to preserve thoughts, and believe that it should happen to everything submitted to the Library of Congress, but reading it on a screen is not the same as a book.

I still print off things I want to study, and enjoy browsing in the stacks of old bookstores and libraries. I don’t want to be tied to electricity, because that’s not a given on the Gulf Coast.

I would also point out that Google is not as good as Alta Vista when you are looking for something specific, like a phrase. I spend a lot of time on the 4th or 5th page of searches finding what I’m looking for.

]]> By: Keith http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2006/06/27/is-the-library-of-congress-the-next-fema/#comment-767 Keith Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:53:40 +0000 http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2006/06/27/is-the-library-of-congress-the-next-fema/#comment-767 Not exactly Luddites-- it's the technophiles who are doing the smashing. Unless you mean BushCo. Then, yeah. Not exactly Luddites– it’s the technophiles who are doing the smashing. Unless you mean BushCo. Then, yeah.

]]> By: Bryan http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2006/06/27/is-the-library-of-congress-the-next-fema/#comment-739 Bryan Thu, 29 Jun 2006 03:53:01 +0000 http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2006/06/27/is-the-library-of-congress-the-next-fema/#comment-739 Luddites, destroying everything they touch. Luddites, destroying everything they touch.

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