Post #1002480
2026-04-06 17:30 UTC
5 years on this campus and I only just now realized that our university library has no books 🤔 I guess it hasn't been a problem if I'm only now just noticing but it's a rather odd realization about the nature of digital scholarship
(allegedly there are some books in the basement, maybe? but all 4 floors of the main library are devoid of both books and computers)
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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz 2026-04-06 17:48
@janeadams Printed books are not obsolete, they have their points, despite the space they take up. And I know for a fact that not all have been converted to ebook. It's barely conceivable that Northeastern converted all of *their* collection to ebook form -- but I strongly, strongly doubt it. So that's very weird, even though, yes, many prefer ebooks.
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@nxskok@cupoftea.social 2026-04-06 22:40
@janeadams what are the four floors full *of*, if not books or computers?