tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post2387869520523596218..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: What Can You Buy for Twenty Cent?Maolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-71214459047777378222014-07-26T04:39:27.725-07:002014-07-26T04:39:27.725-07:00Tell me about it! I'm witnessing, first-hand, ...Tell me about it! I'm witnessing, first-hand, the phenomenon of books being stowed away to store-rooms and archives because they're old and fragile, or because they're seldom borrowed, and in order for the library 'space' to used for more sexy projects like group study rooms. It's probably unfair to say that, for your average librarian, the only good book is an e-book. But it's not too far from the truth.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-69169606273115040642014-07-26T04:35:04.656-07:002014-07-26T04:35:04.656-07:00I actually find it quite difficult to read on a sc...I actually find it quite difficult to read on a screen writing that I want to savour, like literature, or literary criticism, or newspaper columns of even medium length. I know that Kindles are supposed to imitate a printed page quite well, but I can't ever imagine buying one. (Though even as I write that I can't quite believe I will escape e-readers for ever).<br /><br />Someone has suggested that video is going to be the main medium of the future. I hope not, for all sorts of reasons - Too many to inflict on your blog, I think.<br /><br />And then there are articles like this about the unforeseen results of the wholesale plunge, even in libraries, into the digital age...<br />(http://www.sydneyreviewofbooks.com/libraries-under-threat/)Dominic Nnoreply@blogger.com