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I love that image of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is beautiful!
But as libraries move into the digital age, those paper books and scrolls should be retained in museum-like libraries, such as the Library of Congress. Made digital, they would be instantly availablle to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
My own local library is a mausoleum. IF it happens to be open, and IF I absolutely must go there for my annual card renewal, there are people sitting at every computer console. No one is reading or browsing the stacks. Every morning of the week, craft classes are taught there. One day is knitting, the next is quilting, etc. Nobody is reading anything. To me, this already sounds like what is being proposed.
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