Similar article in the Boston Globe about a private prep school
discarding all books and making the "library" totally digital.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/04/a_lib
rary_without_the_books/
Janet
Janet Schrader
Bibliographic Services Supervisor
C/W MARS Inc.
67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201
Worcester, MA 01606
508-755-3323 ext. 25
fax: 508-757-7801
jschrader_at_cwmars.org
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Subject: [NGC4LIB] The future of libraries, with or without books - CNN
article
"The stereotypical library is dying -- and it's taking its shushing
ladies, dank smell and endless shelves of books with it. Books are being
pushed aside for digital learning centers and gaming areas. 'Loud rooms'
that promote public discourse and group projects are taking over the
bookish quiet. Hipster staffers who blog, chat on Twitter and care
little about the Dewey Decimal System are edging out old-school
librarians."
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/04/future.library.technology/
Bernie Sloan
Sora Associates
Received on Fri Sep 04 2009 - 15:47:26 EDT