Re: General: Paperless books...now on sale?

[Heidi Rawson-Ketchum <rawsonkehl@CBPU.COM>]

Several years ago I heard a "Futurist" speak at a REMC meeting and he was
speaking specifically to the teaching profession and asked the question--Why
should a student sit and listen to a teacher lecturing on "facts" when he
could have in his hands a computer the size of a paperback book that would
have most of the data he needs?  His lecture was something like "From Smart
Toilets to Smart Schools"  He talked about toilets that would check your
urine daily(for diabetics, etc.) and even notifiy your physician with the
output.  His whole point was that we really have to look at what the role of
the teacher is and that learning to process the information and do something
with it is what we really need to be teaching.  Gee, does that sound
familiar?  No wonder some people think we don't need library information
specialists any more! :-)

This is the first I have heard where there is actually something like he
might have been talking about.  I would be interested in hearing more about
the cost.  Will it have all genres available for those of us closet trashy
romance readers?  I'm trying to imagine the implications for the corrections
environment where they are not allowed access to computers.  Hopefully they
won't stop printing books for a while yet!

Heidi Rawson-Ketchum, Librarian
Camp Branch-Prison/Branch District-Public
Both in Coldwater, MI
rawsonkehl@cpbu.com

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