$!@%!@#$
If I were an alumnus, I'd never give them another dime. Fortunately, I
went to the much better Concord Academy—superior even before Cushing
threw all its books out. ;)
Tim
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Janet Schrader<jschrader_at_cwmars.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of B.G. Sloan
> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 11:50 AM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> 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
>
>
>
>
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Received on Fri Sep 04 2009 - 16:00:50 EDT