Re: everything in moderation
Amy Terlaga (aterlaga@www.biblio.org)
Wed, 22 Oct 1997 13:47:40 -0400
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 13:47:40 -0400
Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19971022175900.00884114@www.biblio.org>
From: Amy Terlaga <aterlaga@www.biblio.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re: everything in moderation
Was that BigBook that you were in?
(www.bigbook.com)
Use it *all* of the time.
Amy
At 07:36 AM 10/22/97 -0400, LearMOak@aol.com wrote:
>As a big believer in everything in moderation (and good things to excess!) I
>think the Internet definitely has its place...but...
>
>The other night at midnight when all civilized libraries around here are
>closed, my son needed the addresses of two optometrists in East Haven because
>he had to go there in connection with his job. For one of them he had been
>given an incorrect address, and for the other, no address at all. I suggested
>we use the WWW to look them up, and we found something called Yellow Pages
>and looked up optometrists in Connecticut (in case anyone needs to know,
>there are 658 listed). They gave addresses and phone numbers and even offered
>the option of printing a little street map to find them. Fabulously
>helpful...but with one snag. The listings were alphabetized by the *first*
>name of the person, and all those who were listed as *Dr.* Whosits, were in
>the D's.
>
>Think of it as a work in progress...
>
>Margaret Leary
>Groton Public Library
>
>
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