Digital School Library Leaves Book Stacks Behind : NPR:
"An elite boarding school in Ashburnham, Mass., just spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on renovating its library. But Cushing Academy wasn't just redoing its walls and carpets. The school is getting rid of the actual, physical books in favor of going digital.
And the move — thought to be the first of its kind in the country — is worrying some librarians and book lovers."
"An elite boarding school in Ashburnham, Mass., just spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on renovating its library. But Cushing Academy wasn't just redoing its walls and carpets. The school is getting rid of the actual, physical books in favor of going digital.
And the move — thought to be the first of its kind in the country — is worrying some librarians and book lovers."