ANTHONY RALSTON The Library Lobby
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The importance, function, and utility of a university library is considered from the (jaundiced?) viewpoint of a computer scientist. The library -is examined as partly a university-wide resource and partly as a research facility analogous to laboratory equipment in order to draw some conclusions about whether resources allocated to university libraries are appropriate. The position and breadth of use of the library relative to computing facilities is also considered as is the cost and value of library usage in relation to computer usage.
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Stephen B Maurer ([email protected]) received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1972, under A. W. Tucker. He is a mathematics professor at Swarthmore College, where he was also an undergraduate. He is coauthor of Discrete Algorithmic Mathematics, with Anthony Ralston. At one time he chaired the MAA high school contests, and he has written guides for undergraduates on writing mathematics. At par...
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