07-08-2010, 07:45 AM | #1 |
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Stanford Engineering Library going bookless
I heard this on NPR this morning. The Stanford University Engineering Library is essentially aiming to get rid of paper books entirely. To paraphrase one librarian, the writing is on the wall, the digital age is coming fast.
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07-08-2010, 08:43 AM | #2 |
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07-08-2010, 09:07 AM | #3 |
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Thanks for the news. I suppose they intend to do the same with the other libraries. They recently moved the Physics library to a new location, which if memory serves well is smaller than before. Call me old fashion, but I'm still not ready to go through a Quantum Field Theory textbook on the screen
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07-08-2010, 11:23 AM | #4 |
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Guess it won't be long before paper "libraries" are renamed to "museums" : /
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07-09-2010, 02:24 PM | #5 |
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It is interesting to note, if only from the perspective of MR, that they didn't mention eReaders as a reason for it.
I heard the report on the radio yesterday as well and got the impression that this has been a general trend over a number of years and it mostly due to things being available online more readily and during off hours (they are engineering students after all). |
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07-10-2010, 06:31 AM | #6 |
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Well, 20 years ago they said that the paperless office is just around the corner. Long corner.
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07-11-2010, 05:19 PM | #7 |
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True. Computers were supposed to reduce the amount of paper in use, but they have lead to a massive increase in the amount of paper that is used. Before word processors/computers, if a document had a minor error, it was likely that you would just make the correction on the original document and release it. Now, you make the correction on the computer, reprint it the document, and dispose of the first document you printed. Added to this are the minor changes that would not have been made it it was not so easy to reprint a document.
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