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Sports jocks library goes digital

11 November 2009

Sports jocks library goes digital

BOOKS on paper – are they obsolete? The Cushing Academy, a New England co-ed prep school founded in 1865, is phasing out its library’s 20,000 books and spending nearly $500,000 on a new digital “learning center”. A hefty $42,000 of that will go to pay for three large flat-screen displays. Another $50,000 will go to build a coffee shop, including $12,000 for a cappuccino machine, .

Curious what sort of institution would take the lead in marching into the brave new world of all-electronic books, Feedback turned…

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