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Old 01-04-2007, 03:11 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina
According to this link classic paper books will soon not be available in some libraries.

http://opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110009472
Ah ... one of the 'new' librarians, who thinks the job of a library is to cater to current tastes and information, and whose budget tends to move the money allocated to book preservation to 'information consoles'.

There's an interesting article by Randolph Adams (published in 1937!) in which he describes how the changing role of the librarian can be harmful to the library:

http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/335/01/enemy.html
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