Xref: utzoo bionet.general:596 bionet.molbio.genbank:92 news.software.b:3850 sci.bio:2590 sci.chem:769 sci.physics:10774 Path: utzoo!utstat!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!bionet!kristoff From: kristoff@genbank.BIO.NET (David Kristofferson) Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.molbio.genbank,news.software.b,sci.bio,sci.chem,sci.physics Subject: Re: Creating Electronic Research Libraries Keywords: Usenet M_Lesk Refer Software Terabyte_Optical_Disk_Devices Message-ID: Date: 19 Dec 89 20:58:46 GMT References: <617@mbph.UUCP> Followup-To: bionet.general Organization: GenBank Online Service Lines: 21 Albert, You may be relieved to note that many people at the NIH read the bionet.* newsgroups, so if Santa lives at the NIH then he/she may be listening. The usual problem, though, is who is going to pay for all of these wonderful things. Perhaps an answer might be found in the long term savings on library shelf space, buildings, etc. This is more than just an NIH jurisdictional issue unfortunately. It may be of interest to note that Senator Gore is pushing a national networking initiative and this may be a good place to begin rallying support. Ho, ho, ho! -- Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson GenBank On-line Service Manager kristoff@genbank.bio.net