Comments on: Welcome to the library. Say goodbye to the books. http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/09/welcome-to-the-library-say-goodbye-to-the-books.html Amazingly informed & therefore properly opinionated. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:15:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kaurri Williams http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/09/welcome-to-the-library-say-goodbye-to-the-books.html/comment-page-1#comment-12792 Kaurri Williams Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:23:49 +0000 http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/?p=12637#comment-12792 Don't forget about the pesky copyright thing. I love my sony ebook reader, but...unless I buy the book, i can only have access to it for the allotted circulation time. and there are just some books you need to own and hold and interact with...kinesthetically. Don’t forget about the pesky copyright thing. I love my sony ebook reader, but…unless I buy the book, i can only have access to it for the allotted circulation time. and there are just some books you need to own and hold and interact with…kinesthetically.

]]> By: Patrick http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/09/welcome-to-the-library-say-goodbye-to-the-books.html/comment-page-1#comment-12778 Patrick Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:52:48 +0000 http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/?p=12637#comment-12778 I'm not even sure if a perfect digital reading surface will do much to unseat books from their position in cultures across the world. We have an ingrained affinity for things which produce their own histories. There's no story to an e-reader. You can't set it on a shelf at home, reminisce, loan it out, prop things up, jump in and out, etc. There is a story to every well-worn book. I’m not even sure if a perfect digital reading surface will do much to unseat books from their position in cultures across the world. We have an ingrained affinity for things which produce their own histories. There’s no story to an e-reader. You can’t set it on a shelf at home, reminisce, loan it out, prop things up, jump in and out, etc. There is a story to every well-worn book.

]]> By: steev http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/09/welcome-to-the-library-say-goodbye-to-the-books.html/comment-page-1#comment-12774 steev Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:09:12 +0000 http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/?p=12637#comment-12774 ugh. right idea, wrong execution. i'd love to see how this guy convinced the school to ditch 20,000 volumes in favor of tv screens and coffee shops! although books as the treasured resource we once knew are on the way out, there will always be a place for physical volumes--particularly novels, poetry and "the classics." partly it's the tactile sensations of the books, but mostly it's that digital information is only as secure as the hardware it's coded for. if you drop a book, you don't lose all of the information it contains. ugh. right idea, wrong execution. i’d love to see how this guy convinced the school to ditch 20,000 volumes in favor of tv screens and coffee shops! although books as the treasured resource we once knew are on the way out, there will always be a place for physical volumes–particularly novels, poetry and “the classics.” partly it’s the tactile sensations of the books, but mostly it’s that digital information is only as secure as the hardware it’s coded for. if you drop a book, you don’t lose all of the information it contains.

]]> By: Alexandra http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/09/welcome-to-the-library-say-goodbye-to-the-books.html/comment-page-1#comment-12773 Alexandra Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:38:46 +0000 http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/?p=12637#comment-12773 When I read the heading for this topic, I wanted to cry... A LOT! Besides isn't looking at a screen for hours at a time bad for your eyes? I think you're supossed to take your eyes away from it 15 minutes or so. The reason why I'm going to college to be a librarian is because I want people to know how valuable books really are. As Jim noted, the smell and sound of books and just holding them is relevant to the world. My fear is that libraries will end up like Cushing Academy's all over the US, if not, the world. @_@ When I read the heading for this topic, I wanted to cry… A LOT! Besides isn’t looking at a screen for hours at a time bad for your eyes? I think you’re supossed to take your eyes away from it 15 minutes or so. The reason why I’m going to college to be a librarian is because I want people to know how valuable books really are. As Jim noted, the smell and sound of books and just holding them is relevant to the world. My fear is that libraries will end up like Cushing Academy’s all over the US, if not, the world. @_@

]]> By: Rob Harbison http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/09/welcome-to-the-library-say-goodbye-to-the-books.html/comment-page-1#comment-12771 Rob Harbison Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:46:31 +0000 http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/?p=12637#comment-12771 I brought this up with my class the other day (all new Freshmen at a small college) The points they called out the 12K Esspresso machine! and only 18 ebook readers. My point was, when (not IF) this fails, how are they going to replace a library??? I brought this up with my class the other day (all new Freshmen at a small college) The points they called out the 12K Esspresso machine! and only 18 ebook readers.

My point was, when (not IF) this fails, how are they going to replace a library???

]]> By: Jim Peterson http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/09/welcome-to-the-library-say-goodbye-to-the-books.html/comment-page-1#comment-12769 Jim Peterson Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:03:19 +0000 http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/?p=12637#comment-12769 Well said, Sarah! There's just something about the smells, the sounds and the feel of holding a book and physically interacting with it that makes books stay relevant, even in the future! There were even books present on the Starship Enterprise! Sorry, inner geek coming out. But books should never be relegated solely to electronic devices -- how else will you read when you run your battery down? Well said, Sarah! There’s just something about the smells, the sounds and the feel of holding a book and physically interacting with it that makes books stay relevant, even in the future! There were even books present on the Starship Enterprise! Sorry, inner geek coming out. But books should never be relegated solely to electronic devices — how else will you read when you run your battery down?

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