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I'd be shocked, except that I'm not sure why a HS needs a library in the first place. Legolas Send a noteboard - 11/09/2009 06:01:44 PM
I somehow read most of the article thinking this was about a college, and was rather abhorred at the notion. Then I came across the ages of the students and the impressively low amount of checked out books, and suddenly things made a lot more sense. What does a HS need a library for, unless perhaps it's located in some thinly populated area where public libraries are few and far between? That clearly isn't the case here, though. And if so very few books were checked out, that means the books were barely used so then getting rid of them isn't all that shocking.
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Prep School deems books an "outdated technology" - 11/09/2009 04:00:08 PM 1459 Views
I find this awesome. - 11/09/2009 04:27:54 PM 889 Views
Call me archaic, but... - 12/09/2009 04:08:36 PM 880 Views
I think they should have done both. - 11/09/2009 04:36:53 PM 1250 Views
Ditto *NM* - 12/09/2009 03:39:19 PM 450 Views
I have to go with Tom on this one. *NM* - 12/09/2009 04:09:04 PM 485 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 15/09/2009 07:15:39 PM 401 Views
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 916 Views
Most high schools have libraries. - 11/09/2009 07:13:37 PM 1065 Views
what heresy - 11/09/2009 06:02:54 PM 871 Views
I think this is probably a good decision. - 11/09/2009 06:14:28 PM 1087 Views
For colleges it's a very different story, imho. - 11/09/2009 06:24:47 PM 1125 Views
Re: For colleges it's a very different story, imho. - 11/09/2009 06:41:20 PM 992 Views
You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here. - 11/09/2009 07:25:12 PM 1039 Views
Re: You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here. - 12/09/2009 02:48:34 AM 865 Views
*gives you a scanner and a keyboard* Have fun. - 12/09/2009 04:57:58 AM 940 Views
Re: cool, thanks for the free scanner, but... - 12/09/2009 11:01:22 PM 1079 Views
Right. And how many books have they digitized? - 12/09/2009 11:30:59 PM 857 Views
Re: About 8 million - 13/09/2009 02:09:09 AM 998 Views
The internet can evolve, yes, but it has a long way to go. - 11/09/2009 07:45:10 PM 1019 Views
They still have physical classrooms, and they're whining about "outdated technology"? Pfft. *NM* - 11/09/2009 06:32:25 PM 474 Views
You say that sarcastically, but for the most part it's true. - 11/09/2009 06:48:35 PM 898 Views
You write that and its from the point of view of lecture - 11/09/2009 07:15:21 PM 947 Views
That, my friend, is precisely my point. *NM* - 11/09/2009 07:23:21 PM 462 Views
Appalling. - 11/09/2009 07:16:13 PM 1030 Views
Apparently - 11/09/2009 07:22:50 PM 986 Views
Yeah, you can actually. Have you tried curling up with an eBook reader? - 11/09/2009 09:05:16 PM 964 Views
Keeps you warm better than a book *NM* - 12/09/2009 12:51:04 AM 425 Views
it's still not the same. - 12/09/2009 03:45:10 PM 939 Views
Ignorance. - 15/09/2009 06:08:15 PM 1224 Views
Just because you're unnaturally attuned to "new" things doesn't mean everyone is. - 13/09/2009 12:59:19 AM 871 Views
Your post was beyond stupid. - 15/09/2009 06:01:11 PM 953 Views
Re: Prep School deems books an "outdated technology" - 12/09/2009 01:00:48 PM 1089 Views
Some Prep School, and some students, hence "Some Prep School. " - 12/09/2009 02:04:38 PM 990 Views
bah, who needs to learn how to write a bibliography - 12/09/2009 03:47:32 PM 756 Views
Not really. - 12/09/2009 11:33:46 PM 888 Views

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