Other features of bookless library would not change
More and more individuals have been interested in the Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook while the cost of producing books has grown to be more costly. Now, more than ever, people are interested in book free library ideas. The publisher, marketing, printing, pre-production, wholesaler, author royalty and retailer price considerations all demand a piece of the pie in the traditional book publishing market. It's not complicated to produce an e-book. It costs much less as well.
There will only be resemblance in the Newport Beach Public Library in that it will look like one when entering. You'll get a computer instead of an attendant at the front informational kiosk. There won't be books. The bookshelves will be gone. Wireless Internet access will enable patrons to read via electronic book readers and quiet study space could be maintained.
The kiosk software will allow patrons to order printed books if they're required. After a few days, books are delivered to a locker for pickup, in a manner resembling the delivery of DVDs and Blu-ray discs from Netflix via postal mail.
Economy changes lives
San Antonio’s University of Texas and Stanford University located in California both have great college libraries. When it comes to bookless libraries, they seem ahead of most. The previous university's engineering and technology library changed print books with more than 425,000 e-books and 18,000 e-journal subscriptions, opening up more room for group study in the library. At Stanford, the process has been more gradual; a quarter of its 80,000 books were replaced as of summer 2010.
The shift toward the book-free library has been aimed at keeping pace with the changing needs of patrons. The Newport Beach Public Library did studies that found out more people were looking for a quiet place to study and Wi-Fi connections at libraries than anything else. This was how the delivery system idea came about. It would work perfectly.
Library staff does not agree. They are upset.
"That caused me the most angst," said Newport Beach City Manager Dave Kiff, who helped develop the library's bookless plan. "People identify (book) stacks with the library."
Kiff knows that it is important to change with the times though rather than staying 30 years behind. The Los Angeles Times spoke with Nancy Acone on the board of Newport Beach Friend of the Library who said it is important to adapt.
"You don't want to be like the railroads and go out of business," she said.
Information from
Kindle Review blog
ireaderreview.com/2009/05/03/book-cost-analysis-cost-of-physical-book-publishing/
Los Angeles Times
latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0329-newport-library-20110329,0,1671782.story
Newport Beach Public Library
newportbeachca.gov/nbpl/
The New Yorker
newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/07/the-dawn-of-the-bookless-library.html
Stanford University's bookless library
youtube.com/watch?v=2uDfXPkiQD8
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