Stanford University working toward a “bookless library”
From the IRA blog Reading Today (an excellent education blog with lots of content I don’t find on LibraryLand blogs), I learned about Stanford’s plan to remove all print materials from its Physics and Engineering Library. It kinda makes sense to me, especially when I look at how the University of Michigan Undergraduate Library has now devoted its entire first floor to long tables for study and collaborative groups — and the space feels busier to me than it did when I was an undergraduate there and firmly in the print world.
The San Jose Mercury News has more. Click the image or the link below to read more.
Stanford University prepares for ‘bookless library’ - San Jose Mercury News via kwout