I certainly wouldn't bug my library to buy an expensive technical reference that is probably over my head, but I might browse through it and learn something if it popped up on the internet.
That's the beauty of the internet. You can find information written at various levels, easily searched and browsed. I only hope it gets better.
I certainly wouldn't bug my library to buy an expensive technical reference that is probably over my head, but I might browse through it and learn something if it popped up on the internet.
I would. It's one of the few ways I can get a tangible, real, material, unambiguous return on my tax dollars. It's worth a try sometimes.
And I enthusiastically agree with you about about getting as much as possible on the Internet.