We are nearing the end of the “culling” project at the Eston College library. Around 3,000 items will be discontinued in the library collection – making it much easier to move to Regina over the summer.
Have you noticed a shift in reading materials and format? With the digital age, we now have amazing access to the world’s books (some good, some not so much – of the making of books there is no end!). Of course, this comes at a price and right now subscription is a strong one vying for our dollars. You can buy ebooks but the next big thing will be storage wars (which have slowly happened but when we are talking terrabytes of data somehow we get lost in the “small numbers” of monthly storage fees).
Some libraries have gone totally digital. As I work in an academic environment, this is noticeable. Libraries have been turned into internet searching areas along with lounge capabilities. Students enjoy the cut and paste of digital approaches and AI is giving us a whole new look at search capabilities.
But I still like a book in hand, an actual turn of a page and the enjoyable feeling of falling asleep as my book tumbles to the floor.