Word: dialog
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...antiquated system of information retrieval and delivery that included "markers" clipping daily newspapers and filing them by keywords and names. The new center--a branch of the larger Time Inc. library system--is largely computer driven, providing access to a wealth of online databanks, from services like Nexis and Dialog to the Internet. Says Thornton: "There's been a revolutionary change in the way we gather and deliver information...
...scholars want to continue to study the artifacts, they will have to do so with the permission of the artifacts' rightful owners. Hopefully, the process of repatriation of objects and remains will contribute to an ongoing dialog between the tribes and the academics who wish to study the natives' ancestors. After all, no better source of knowledge about the artifacts can exist than the direct descendants of their owners...