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----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Miller" <[log in to unmask]> > Karl (at this point, not feeling particularly optimistic about the > long term prognosis for libraries) The sad fact is that as we enter the 21st century, virtually everything seems to depend on its commercial value...and things (and, sadly, people... like myself) without any such do not have a long projected period of survival. What mkes this all the more ironic is the fact that the invention of, and improvements in, the digital computer finally makes it possible, even practical, to realize long-term data acquisition/sorting projects! However, given recent developments elsewhere in the world, I'm not feeling particularly optimistic about the long-term prognosis of anything...including the planet, let alone life thereupon... Steven C. Barr