[LM_NET] UT Library removes 90,000 books

[CHRISTINE HATAMI <christine_hatami@YAHOO.COM>]

Hi Friends!
 
This is an interesting article about the University of Texas transferring all of 
the volumes in one of their many libraries and replacing them with computers and a 
cafe.
Archives from the Christian Science Monitor are only available free for 5 days.
 
from the Aug 23, 2005 edition (Christian Science Monitor)
Academic libraries empty stacks for online centers 
No Books By Kris Axtman AUSTIN, TEXAS When students wander into the former 
University of Texas undergraduate library this fall, gone will be the "Quiet 
Please" signs, the ban on cheeseburgers or sodas, the sight of solemn librarians 
restocking books. The fact is, there will be no more books to restock. The UT 
library is undergoing a radical change, becoming more of a social gathering place 
more akin to a coffeehouse than a dusty, whisper-filled hall of records. 

 

Christine Hatami, LMS
Queens, N.Y.
christine_hatami@yahoo.com


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