[snca-list] FW: [NEAdiscuss] Cushing Academy is getitng rid of all its books!

[Perez, Madeleine]

Sent to me by New England Archivists discussion group.

 

Madeleine Bagwell Perez 
UNC Charlotte 
University Archives - J. Murrey Atkins Library 
Office: 704-687-3595 

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Below is a link to a story in today's Boston Globe that just horrified
me.  Cushing Academy, a prep school in central Massachusetts, is getting
rid of all its books (except the children's books and valuable
antiques--go figure) in favor of going completely--and I mean
COMPLETElY--digital.  They're not supplementing the books--they're
getting rid of all of them.  Amazing.  They are, however, installing a
coffee shop where the reference desk used to be.  

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/04/a_lib
rary_without_the_books/
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/04/a_li
brary_without_the_books/>  

Astounding.  Or am I overreacting here?  I don't think so, but...  I
skimmed through the comments on the article and most of them feel the
same way I do.  

Jane Ward 




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