Bernie,
This would all be great if the library director's claim that this bookless library "houses learning" is true. I wonder how Drexel is defininf and assessing this goal for their library.
Joan
Joan Lussky, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science
The Catholic University of America
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Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:50 PM
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Subject: [NGC4LIB] "Is a Bookless Library Still a Library?"
From Time magazine:
"We've been hearing about it for years, but the bookless library has
finally arrived, making a beachhead on college campuses. At Drexel
University's new Library Learning Terrace, which opened just last month,
there is nary a bound volume..."
See: http://ti.me/ooq5PI
Bernie Sloan
Received on Wed Jul 13 2011 - 13:07:17 EDT