A Library Of ... Books?

From	Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	A Library Of ... Books?
Date	2026-02-13 05:48 +0000
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Today I visited a local University where an employee, a friend of
mine, was having his retirement sendoff. While I was there, I had a
look in their Library.

I can remember, years ago, the Library building had four levels, each
full of books. Now, the building is twice the size, by adding the
equivalent of a second building’s worth of floor space beside the
existing one, so it still has four levels, each with double the area.
But all the books (that would have been part of the old collection)
now fit on just one level. There is a new specialist “Law Library” on
another level, but the rest is filled with computer terminals, meeting
spaces etc.

So four (old-size) floors’ worth of books is now down to just two.

I had a look at the computing section. I found books dating back ten
years or more. Apart from historical interest, I can’t see much of
that being of value to the current students.

So, like it or not, we are steadily moving more and more into an
online world. And some subjects are moving faster than others.

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A Library Of ... Books? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-13 05:48 +0000
  Re: A Library Of ... Books? Jason H <jason_hindle@yahoo.com> - 2026-02-17 23:10 +0000
    Re: A Library Of ... Books? Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2026-02-18 01:01 +0000
    Re: A Library Of ... Books? arnold@freefriends.org (Aharon Robbins) - 2026-02-18 14:01 +0000
      Re: A Library Of ... Books? Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2026-02-18 14:48 +0000
        Re: A Library Of ... Books? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-02-20 16:12 +0000
          Re: A Library Of ... Books? Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2026-02-21 00:55 +0000

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