Anonymous Patron writes “Don’t Get Goggle-Eyed Over Google’s Plan to Digitize is one from the Chronicle in which Mark Y. Herring, dean of library services at Winthrop University, gives five reasons not to tear up your library card quite yet.
Copyright, Past failures, Preserving books, and Ecological concerns (along with others) are good ideas he mentioned. Those are not necessarily insurmountable obstacles for Google. However, they are formidable.
Besides, the portability, convenience, and even comfort of a book are integral components of our intellectual lives. No one has yet made a convincing case that it’s time to give up on books — or libraries.”
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