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Subject: Re: Dumb Newbie Question
Date: 10 Dec 1998 05:30:37 GMT


Cynthia M. Van Ness () wrote:
: On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Margaret J. Olson wrote:

: > Let me play devil's advocate ...

: [good explanation snipped]

: > Second ... if this person is saying "Will you all go to your library and
: > copy everything you can find on Williamson" they are asking you to do
: > their research. If they say "I need the pages from Dills History of
: > Greene County, Ohio, would someone with access to that book be so kind
: > as to look up and send me pages 22-35 and any others mentioning the
: > Haines family" they've already done some research and need help in getting
: > copies from sources. If Dills is unindexed, they've really done research
: > if they know the page numbers!

: Just one problem in this otherwise excellent explanation of why someone
: might be posting demand after demand. I believe that every American is
: served by a public library in some form or another, even if it is a small
: county branch that, in a big county, is a *long* drive away. (Perhaps
: there really are counties with zero public libraries--I'd like to hear how
: common this is.)

They do exist, or at least have recently existed. As of the late 1980s,
Carter Co., KY had no public libraries. I don't know if the situation has
changed recently, but small rural counties like that sometimes have no
libraries.

Ben B.

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