Having an updated, advanced thinking library that allows access to newer technologies and innovative ways of accessing information is good. However, to assume that these methods and technologies should REPLACE, rather than SUPPLEMENT, a traditional library, is the disturbing part for me.
Books aren't an obsolete medium that "better" things have replaced. This isn't the light bulb replacing the kerosene lamp. Technologically speaking, a book is more like a live play or orchestral performance. Yes, you can experience the same content more conveniently on a DVD or a music CD, respectively. However, something is lost with that convenience, and no one would argue that live performances should be discontinued (for purposes other than recording DVDs and CDs, at least).
Removing the books from a library is like replacing Lincoln Center with a big television screen and Broadway with a DVD store.
Books aren't an obsolete medium that "better" things have replaced. This isn't the light bulb replacing the kerosene lamp. Technologically speaking, a book is more like a live play or orchestral performance. Yes, you can experience the same content more conveniently on a DVD or a music CD, respectively. However, something is lost with that convenience, and no one would argue that live performances should be discontinued (for purposes other than recording DVDs and CDs, at least).
Removing the books from a library is like replacing Lincoln Center with a big television screen and Broadway with a DVD store.
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Prep School deems books an "outdated technology"
- 11/09/2009 04:00:08 PM
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I find this awesome.
- 11/09/2009 04:27:54 PM
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I think this may mark the first time you and I have completely agreed on a subject. 
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- 11/09/2009 05:54:49 PM
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- 11/09/2009 05:54:49 PM
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I think they should have done both.
- 11/09/2009 04:36:53 PM
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I thought about making a post, but it would be a poor version of this one. I agree completely. *NM*
- 11/09/2009 07:21:29 PM
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I have to go with Tom on this one. *NM*
- 12/09/2009 04:09:04 PM
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I'd be shocked, except that I'm not sure why a HS needs a library in the first place.
- 11/09/2009 06:01:44 PM
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Most high schools have libraries.
- 11/09/2009 07:13:37 PM
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I'm not surprised, I've seen enough American movies and TV shows to realize that.
- 11/09/2009 07:23:15 PM
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Re: I'm not surprised, I've seen enough American movies and TV shows to realize that.
- 12/09/2009 02:36:33 AM
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I think this is probably a good decision.
- 11/09/2009 06:14:28 PM
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For colleges it's a very different story, imho.
- 11/09/2009 06:24:47 PM
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Re: For colleges it's a very different story, imho.
- 11/09/2009 06:41:20 PM
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You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here.
- 11/09/2009 07:25:12 PM
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Yes. No one writing directly from wikipedia should BE in college.
- 11/09/2009 07:30:47 PM
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Re: You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here.
- 12/09/2009 02:48:34 AM
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*gives you a scanner and a keyboard* Have fun.
- 12/09/2009 04:57:58 AM
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Re: cool, thanks for the free scanner, but...
- 12/09/2009 11:01:22 PM
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They still have physical classrooms, and they're whining about "outdated technology"? Pfft. *NM*
- 11/09/2009 06:32:25 PM
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Appalling.
- 11/09/2009 07:16:13 PM
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Yeah, you can actually. Have you tried curling up with an eBook reader?
- 11/09/2009 09:05:16 PM
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Just because you're unnaturally attuned to "new" things doesn't mean everyone is.
- 13/09/2009 12:59:19 AM
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Re: Prep School deems books an "outdated technology"
- 12/09/2009 01:00:48 PM
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I agree, but students going to a prep school probably don't have financial problems. *NM*
- 12/09/2009 11:31:53 PM
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Some Prep School, and some students, hence "Some Prep School. "
- 12/09/2009 02:04:38 PM
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bah, who needs to learn how to write a bibliography
- 12/09/2009 03:47:32 PM
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You're telling the wrong person; he has a form he wants them to observe.
- 12/09/2009 05:20:34 PM
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