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Libraries Go High-Tech to Stay Relevant in the Digital Era

posted by takyon on Tuesday April 09 2019, @06:12PM   
from the computer-lab-with-book-section dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

CNet:

Libraries are repositioning themselves as cultural and learning centers for the digital age. Many lend out mobile hotspots, often for weeks at a time. Others offer classes in the latest tech, such as 3D printing and music-editing software. And libraries have some of the savviest social media editors around.

On Sunday, libraries across the country began celebrating their evolving mission during National Library Week. Melinda Gates serves as honorary chairwoman of the annual event, which is sponsored by the American Library Association. Gates is an appropriate choice: She and husband Bill began funding computers, internet access and software for libraries in low-income communities through an organization they established in 1997.

Do libraries have a future as makerspaces?

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Original Submission

• Re:s/books/stuff/g; return $profit; Re:s/books/stuff/g; return $profit; (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 09 2019, @09:40PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 09 2019, @09:40PM (#827121)

  You moron, important stuff is on the Internet now not in books. Books are obsolete as soon as they are printed. You want to know if Kanye and Beyonce are still together? You have to look on the Internet.

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• Re:s/books/stuff/g; return $profit; (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 09 2019, @11:41PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 09 2019, @11:41PM (#827162)

  You want to know if Kanye and Beyonce are still together?

  Who? Is that your brother in-law or something?

  Why would I care?

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