Ravings of a Textual Deviant

This is for Dorothea, who resolutely refuses to quote me. (Usually a smart move, granted, but in this case…)

Call me passe (or nobody), but I still read books–they go places you can’t (or shouldn’t) take a computer–bed, bath, breakfast, bus. Or anywhere there’s a power outage.

If this guy had ever actually set foot in a library recently (or so much as looked at a good library website) he’d know that libraries aren’t just about print–they’re multimedia centers. Music, video, even software are all part of a library’s collection. Why would anyone look at a collection of Ansel Adams’ photos at 72 ppi on a screen when you can see gorgeous, high-end color plates in a book? There’s a place for computers in the modern library, and not just as a replacement for card catalogs. But as the be-all, end-all of content presentation? I think not.

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