The notion of getting the information without having to go somewhere is understandably attractive. Time elapsed, perhaps 10 minutes. Not quite instant, but close. To accomplish this by going to a physical library might require, say, a half day, including the investigation of where the journal is stored. If we have to travel any distance to a library, make it a day.
Interlibrary loans are time consuming and document delivery is expensive.
So the notion of having that information appear on your monitor screen is understandably appealing. The above scenarios illustrate the forces that shape our beliefs about what's possible, which are as of yet at odds with what's doable. The GGU library's transition to the virtual library is impacted by that same set of contrary forces. This discourse has left most of us with the sense that our library is behind the times. In fact, the library is doing quite well at transitioning to online status.