Associate Dean Robert Shockley of the Florida Atlantic University College of Education sees the Internet as a mixed bag. It has incredible potential for learning. But it also has Playboy magazine. But that's part of research, and you do that at the library too. The Internet won't replace the library entirely, Shockley said, even though it has one huge advantage - timeliness.
Bound encyclopedias are obsolete the day they are placed on shelves.
Those on line are updated daily. On the Internet, everything is current. The Internet also has a capability the traditional library doesn't have - electronic mail. With e-mail, children can converse with kids across the world for a pittance, compared to the use of phones. It can link schools with business and industry.