Thread: New England Prep School Throws Away all Their Library Books... Buys 18 Kindles.
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Old 09-05-2009, 12:56 AM   #5
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Hmm, talk about jumping in with both feet.

For some things this makes sense, e.g. there is a huge selection of public domain books that make up a big part of the core curriculum.

However I'm concerned that 18 ebook readers won't be enough to cover the student usage. Sounds like a very low number to me.

Also IMO paper books still and probably always will have a role to play in education, especially art books and others that rely heavily on illustrations. The Internet is not a substitute for a proper monograph.

Plus, blowing $50k on a coffee shop, including $12k on an espresso machine? What's up with that?
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