Article: "Libraries Focus on New Technology"

[gary price <gprice@gwu.edu>]

An article from the Wall Street Journal (1/10/01) might be of interest to some/all
of you. I was able to find the article via MSNBC. You don't need
WSJ access to read.

Title:
"Libraries Focus on New Technology"
http://www.msnbc.com/news/685165.asp






From the article,
-----
Beyond just adding a comfortable feel - several public libraries in the past year
have added sofas, coffee bars and mood lamps - there is a new emphasis on
upgrading technology at the nation's 16,000 public libraries." "Computers have
always been one of the most popular things at the library," says Liz Lancaster,
director of Howard County Central Library in Columbia, Md. "Everyone was afraid
when the Internet was introduced that people would stop coming to the library, but
that hasn't happened."



cheers,
gary



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