On Thu, 30 Sep 2010, Tim Spalding wrote:
> The needs of students to find a place for young people to socialize and
> study ... can be satisfied in any number of buildings on campus and off.
Which brings up another issue that needs to be studied: universities and
colleges are tending to develop such "social service" points on their
campuses for the principal purpose of making money from them. This can
have the effect of driving off-campus points out of the community (e.g.,
local bookstores, cafes, coffee shops, etc.). Is that a good thing for
the society? In fact, is corporatizing public educational institutions
and libraries a good thing in the long run, or will it result in
corporate-run educational and informational institutions, as inroads
expand?
Cheers!
John G. Marr
Cataloger
CDS, UL
Univ. of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
jmarr_at_unm.edu
jmarr_at_flash.net
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Received on Fri Oct 01 2010 - 13:05:00 EDT