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So far, most respondents have missed the key point of this article. The primary issue is not coffee shops in libraries, but the wide-ranging implications of electronic resources versus traditional library materials. Examples of specific concerns include the quality of student research, the challenge of fostering information literacy skills, the growing cost of electronic products, and the need to archive electronic data for future users, to name a few. Librarians and administrators have been wrestling with such questions for some years now and it would be useful for teaching faculty to join the debate.

: -- Michael Lavin, Coordinator of Electronic Collections, University Libraries, State University of New York at Buffalo (posted 11/12, 4:05 p.m., U.S. Eastern time)

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