Comments on: eLibraries, a la CNN http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/09/elibraries.html Amazingly informed & therefore properly opinionated. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:52:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Colleen Vincent http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/09/elibraries.html/comment-page-1#comment-12780 Colleen Vincent Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:42:10 +0000 http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/?p=12625#comment-12780 I use the internet for lots of things everyday but having to read all my books on a screen scares me. I have gotten a lot of experience lately reading articles on the internet for school and the eyestrain is incredibly exhausting. I am so thankful for my textbooks, they are much easier on the eyes. Another thing, my daughter loves textured books and you can't get that online. I know a lot of parents who don't want their kids spending all day on a computer and need library books! I don't think the demands for printed books are going anywhere, if anything printed books will become more treasured as more and more books become published on line. I use the internet for lots of things everyday but having to read all my books on a screen scares me. I have gotten a lot of experience lately reading articles on the internet for school and the eyestrain is incredibly exhausting. I am so thankful for my textbooks, they are much easier on the eyes. Another thing, my daughter loves textured books and you can’t get that online. I know a lot of parents who don’t want their kids spending all day on a computer and need library books! I don’t think the demands for printed books are going anywhere, if anything printed books will become more treasured as more and more books become published on line.

]]> By: Michelle http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/09/elibraries.html/comment-page-1#comment-12755 Michelle Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:21:04 +0000 http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/?p=12625#comment-12755 Very interesting...the Annoyed Librarian blogged about the very same article and hated it. Hurray for lots of professional discussion about it! Very interesting…the Annoyed Librarian blogged about the very same article and hated it. Hurray for lots of professional discussion about it!

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