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iPads in libraries? Not an easy decision.
I just canceled my print subscription to the Wall Street Journal because I found that I was most frequently reading it on my iPad. The Journal’s iPad app is one of the best I’ve seen and, like the iBooks and Kindle apps, it provides a truly excellent reading experience. Many magazines and newspapers offer content [...]
In Cushing’s Defense
USA Today’s recent story about Cushing Academy’s radically new library, “School chooses Kindle; are libraries for the history ‘books’?”, got me thinking about my own little library transformation. I’m happy I did it. Believing in an busy library and a broad range of services, I really had no choice.
With the help of several [...]
Newspapers in Libraries
In a recent listserv conversation about library periodical subscriptions, I explained that I had discontinued USA Today and The Boston Globe, and had suspended the The Wall Street Journal—all due to a lack of interest by my library’s student patrons. One listserv participant responded by arguing that libraries have an obligation to continue supporting print [...]
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