A debate in the NYT: I am the patron of a regional library that just relocated to a new modern building. There are fewer shelves of books now. There is an enormous room full of computer screens. Very convenient for me, yet likely the signal of a new era. I still wander the shelves looking for serendipity. Its not the same thing as an inexact search ... it's touch and feel and knowledge.
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Do School Libraries Need Books?
A debate in the NYT: I am the patron of a regional library that just relocated to a new modern building. There are fewer shelves of books now. There is an enormous room full of computer screens. Very convenient for me, yet likely the signal of a new era. I still wander the shelves looking for serendipity. Its not the same thing as an inexact search ... it's touch and feel and knowledge.
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