I teach at Cushing in their summer session and have long loved their library, their
collection and their librarians. I was horrified this summer to see the dismantling
of a really excellent collection. I have had trouble even talking about it.
Janet Gross
School Librarian
Corlears School
New York, New York
: The All-Digital Prep School Library
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> Two words: So Sad!
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> From the Boston Globe Article:
> http://bit.ly/YVRsE
>
> [Snip]
>
> Cushing Academy has all the hallmarks of a New England prep school,
> with one exception.
>
> This year, after having amassed a collection of more than 20,000
> books, officials at the pristine campus about 90 minutes west of
> Boston have decided the 144-year-old school no longer needs a
> traditional library. The academy?s administrators have decided to
> discard all their books and have given away half of what stocked their
> sprawling stacks - the classics, novels, poetry, biographies, tomes on
> every subject from the humanities to the sciences. The future, they
> believe, is digital.
>
> [Snip]
>
> And to replace those old pulpy devices that have transmitted
> information since Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in
> the 1400s, they have spent $10,000 to buy 18 electronic readers made
> by Amazon.com and Sony. Administrators plan to distribute the readers,
> which they?re stocking with digital material, to students looking to
> spend more time with literature.
>
> Those who don?t have access to the electronic readers will be expected
> to do their research and peruse many assigned texts on their computers.
>
> ?Instead of a traditional library with 20,000 books, we?re building a
> virtual library where students will have access to millions of
> books,?? said Tracy, whose office shelves remain lined with books. ?We
> see this as a model for the 21st-century school.??
>
> Source: Boston Globe
> Hat Tip: Net-Gold
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