Comments on: Wading into the Cushing Controversy http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/09/22/wading-into-the-cushing-controversy/ YA reviews and book geekery Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:38:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Do libraries need books? http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/09/22/wading-into-the-cushing-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-53732 Do libraries need books? Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:03:48 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=721#comment-53732 [...] Libraries Need Books? The debaters include James Tracy, Head of the now infamous in library circles Cushing Academy, and my fabulous boss Liz [...] [...] Libraries Need Books? The debaters include James Tracy, Head of the now infamous in library circles Cushing Academy, and my fabulous boss Liz [...]

]]> By: Greg http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/09/22/wading-into-the-cushing-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-53518 Greg Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:11:42 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=721#comment-53518 Not to mention the power of browsing. I almost flipped out this week when the Dean of the Library gave a presentation to the faculty senate about these new robotic book retrieval systems they want to install to conserve space. But she calmed the room down by noting that this would apply only to the aisles upon aisles of old journals and not anything that anyone would ever browse through. You might not be able to tell everything about a book by its cover, but you can tell an awful lot by looking at a whole row of books, supposedly on a similar topic. Not to mention the power of browsing. I almost flipped out this week when the Dean of the Library gave a presentation to the faculty senate about these new robotic book retrieval systems they want to install to conserve space. But she calmed the room down by noting that this would apply only to the aisles upon aisles of old journals and not anything that anyone would ever browse through.

You might not be able to tell everything about a book by its cover, but you can tell an awful lot by looking at a whole row of books, supposedly on a similar topic.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/09/22/wading-into-the-cushing-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-53515 Jennifer Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:48:42 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=721#comment-53515 It's like I tell patrons at the library all the time - computers are an emerging technology. In other words, they break. Frequently. For a wide variety of reasons. I cannot imagine depending solely on technology for research. This reminds me of when a very, very large university in my home city decided that undergraduates really didn't need any books - and the "undergraduate library" is now a giant computer lab and av center. It’s like I tell patrons at the library all the time – computers are an emerging technology. In other words, they break. Frequently. For a wide variety of reasons. I cannot imagine depending solely on technology for research. This reminds me of when a very, very large university in my home city decided that undergraduates really didn’t need any books – and the “undergraduate library” is now a giant computer lab and av center.

]]> By: Edi http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/09/22/wading-into-the-cushing-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-53511 Edi Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:13:55 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=721#comment-53511 Yes this will be an interesting story to follow. I hope you keep blogging about this! Yes this will be an interesting story to follow. I hope you keep blogging about this!

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