ABSTRACT
In times past there was no question that the role of the library was to provide the choice books for both pleasure and for education. Before Charles Babbage conceived the notion of a computer, librarians were busy with helping readers. Try to solve computer commands that presuppose a vast interest in the theory of relativity and medieval mystics. A false computer printout is perhaps not a dangerous thing, but it is a poor substitute for a fastidious, intellectual choice of a book. Fortunately, librarians realize the problem and battle the stereotyped ideas about the glories of modern technology. Whether it be The New York Review of Books or The New York Times Book Review, there is confirmation that the reader is not alone out there. Instead of complaining, the true librarian must line up and cheer for the true library.
