To Strata and others I have bothered with this non-SARES item- your right! I apologize for my slip in judgment. Phil K6PHL --------------------------- Strata R Chalup <strata@INTERNET. virtual.net> wrote: Political messages aren't appropriate for the SARES list. Send to sunnyvalecafe@INTERNET. groups.yahoo.com or similar Sunnyvale open forum instead. I'm here for SARES-related announcements and content, not to hear soapbox statements from list members. I'm sure we all have views we could share, but this isn't the place. Strata KF6NBZ ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:17:15 -0700 (PDT) >From: "P. Stewart" >Subject: [SARES] Letter to Murky News >To: sares-list@INTERNET. sunnyvaleares.org > > Sunnyvale Library of the Future? > We recently received a slick brochure touting the wonder > of a new Sunnyvale library. What is not acknowledged is > that in the last 10 or 12 years, much of the function of a > library has been supplanted by the World Wide Web. I find > myself frequently researching a subject or historical fact, > but have not been to the library in several years. > If this reality were faced and much of the current library > research material were replaced by an expanded patron > internet access, would this not leave plenty of extra space > in the current facility for novels and items not well served > by the internet? > Further, although touted as ‘just $108 million’, > truthful disclosure would reveal that with interest over 30 > years, this amounts to between $270 and $300 million! > Reality is that a “Library of the Future†is not a new > brick and mortar shrine, but facing reality in adapting and > making use of the technology that Sunnyvale and the rest of > the valley in internationally famous for, for a whole lot > less than $300 million dollars of tax burden for we and our > children. > Phil Stewart K6PHL > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch > previews, get listings, and more! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SARES members mailing list: For help with (un)subscription send e-mail to --------------------------------- Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SARES members mailing list: <sares-list@INTERNET. sunnyvaleares.org> For help with (un)subscription send e-mail to <majordomo@INTERNET. athm.net>Received on Wed Sep 26 2007 - 02:42:20 GMT
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