December 11, 2002

Melvile Dewey
Columbia University
New York, NY

Dear Melvile,

I have been reading your ideas concering nature of librarianship, and I find them very intriging. I would love the opportunity to discuss with you the role of the card catalog in today's libraries considering the advent to World Wide Web. Specifically, how are things like Google and Amazon.com changing our patrons' expectations of library services? Mr. Cutter and I will be discussing these ideas at the next Annual Meeting, and we are available at the follow dates/times:

We hope you can join us.

Sincerely, S. R. Ranganathan