Book Review: Fool's Gold

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Nine years ago, Herring became known for his list of "10 Reasons Why the Internet is No Substitute for a Library," which was published in American Libraries (April 2001) and was subsequently turned into a popular poster sold by Herring to benefit his university's library (http://www2.winthrop.edu/dacus/about/ordertenreasonsposter.htm). As a public relations tool, the list actually was not bad; it included points such as "Not Everything is On the Internet" (#1) and "What You Don't Know Really Does Hurt You" (#4). The ten points seem to center on two key issues: Books vs. the Internet, and the problems associated with the Internet as a poor information storage and retrieval mechanism.

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