You know what, I had a wonderful new idea, I think I’ll invent this new scheme and call it “indexing.” It’ll save the world, I tell you!

I have not met Barbara Tillett but I have heard her speak a few times.

I just would like to see some due respect for the past. And some day in the not so distant future that will even include “old” liblog posts, assuming they are preserved as well as our print literature.

Actually, thanks is what I’m trying to say. Another view to consider.

Mark – White wine gives me headaches (except for a light, crisp one called Manzanilla, which Hemingway wrote about in several of his stories). Red wine doesn’t usually give me headaches, but I make the mistake of drinking wine when I already have one, I’m in trouble.

Also, I’m all for looking at the past to illuminate the present. What is most annoying about many present papers and research is exactly what you pointed out–it has been done before, but no one bothered to look it up! Very trying indeed. No one in the “hard” sciences would ever, for instance, say, “Hey! We need a vaccine for polio! That’s what I’m going to dedicate my career to!” In other words, LIS people are irresponsible if they don’t plumb the depths of existing literature before jumping into a project. LIS will not be taken seriously if people persist along such a path.

I was aware of the online availability and even have them bookmarked somewhere but then always forget about them.