Fw: SLA-SF: Thoughts on last night's program

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From: Chris Orr (christineorr@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Feb 08 2006 - 19:21:51 PST 

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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:21:51 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
From: Chris Orr <christineorr@mindspring.com>
Subject: Fw: SLA-SF: Thoughts on last night's program

Good points, Anne. Thanks for your comments. In short, my answer is format doesn't matter, analog or digital. The question, as always, is how are we going to save, share, protect this stuff? Not to mention search and deliver it. And the truth of it is, newspaper librarians are ideally suited to do all this and more. In fact, we librarians are all are facing great opportunities and (clearly) important content.

Well, I promised to be short! Thanks again for starting a discussion. I thought the program was quite stimulating, too.

-Chris Orr
PS--I love that neither of these posts has the word "information" in it! (not that there's anything wrong with that...)

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>From: Anne Barker <annenb@hillbillyhermit.com>
>Sent: Feb 8, 2006 5:45 PM
>To: SLA-SF@exploratorium.edu
>Subject: SLA-SF: Thoughts on last night's program
>
>I've been thinking about last night's program at the Chronicle. I found it
>especially interesting that the presentation began with the discussion that
>the newspaper business is surviving in spite of naysayers who say it is
>doomed, but everything the speakers talked about in terms of the Chronicle's
>growth and revitalization is based in new media. This may simply be a
>reflection of the specialization of the two speakers (SFGate and podcasts),
>but I found this dichotomy fascinating.
>
>At what point does the Chronicle cease to be a newspaper and become a news
>content provider? With the audio and video clips on their Web site, the
>lines seem to be blurring. While the technological enhancements discussed
>may improve the Chronicle's vitality as a news company, what about the
>efforts is revitalizing them as a newspaper? And does the concept of format
>even matter any more?
>
>Discuss among yourselves.
>
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