A Library Without Books

[ApK]

Originally Posted by theducks

If the server is in the Library, they lost the books AND the accounts

Only if the ONLY copy in existence is there, which is HIGHLY unlikely.....

Originally Posted by ApK

Only if the ONLY copy in existence is there, which is HIGHLY unlikely.....

I would be very surprised if any professionally run server didn't have an off-site backup. Depending upon how critical they consider the information to be, they could switch over immediately without any data loss (which is what financial institutions do).

I am surprised that the Calgary library's central branch didn't have any way to deal with flooding. It is sitting in a floodplain after all, and the Bow River floods frequently.

(On your earlier post: about 15 years ago, I wrote a story along the lines of the sci-fi stories that you mentioned. I was writing it the Bow River valley not too far from that flooded library.)

[MRMOBILE]

Yes, e-books are very convinient. You can just pack it in your mobile devices and read it at anytime. But sometimes, I feel like to pick up some printed books, and keep it in my book shelf.