Re: UT San Antonio opens nation's first bookless library on a university campus

From: Daniel CannCasciato <Daniel.CannCasciato_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:22:22 -0700
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> On 9/10/10 at 9:48 AM, "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2_at_YAHOO.com> wrote: 
 "UTSA officials announced Thursday the opening of the Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) Library, the nation's first completely bookless library on a college or university campus. . . . "


Quoting from the article itself:

"Electronic research is central to the AET Library. Instead of storing printed volumes, the library offers students a rapidly growing collection of electronic resources including 425,000 e-books .. "

So, when is a book not a book, or rather, why?  For the hype? 

Daniel


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Received on Fri Sep 10 2010 - 15:27:29 EDT