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Originally Posted by Nahgem
As an academic library paraprofessional, this is bullshit. The internet does not, and cannot yet, compete with a trained, professional librarian and the myriad of resources said librarian can access on behalf of the patron -- especially since the average patron doesn't know how to properly conduct said research anyway. Not everything is online and open access; I know because it is my job to help people find access to research that they need, and the very first place I search after I've exhausted my local library catalog is the internet. You know how much of the research that people want I've actually found online? Maybe half, and I'm being generous with my estimation here.
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I hope you didn't pay much for that training. I mastered the card catalog and guide to periodic literature in 5th grade. I don't keep track, but I would guess that my success rate in finding answers on the internet is > 90%.