And of course, recent research has revealed that people (including students)
prefer to read from paper and, although sourcing much of their information
online, prefer to print much of it before consuming. Books sales are also
up quite significantly.
From a more recreational perspective, one is less likely to take documents
or books to the beach, to bed or into the bath if they require a power
supply or use a battery!
The observations made by the QCA are, I think, largely correct, but what Mr
Fox infers from these observations is highly questionable. Still, nothing
like a sensational newspaper article to get the debate going...
George
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A general Library and Information Science list for news and
> discussion. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of p.willimott
> Sent: 19 October 2005 11:19
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> Subject: Re: Guardian column on decline of the book
>
> Me: I read that bit about the paperless office, looked round mine, and
> laughed. Our students use books, the internet, whatever gives them the
> information they need, and art students in particular need the quality
> of image you get in a book, rather than the pixelly stuff on the
> internet.
>
> PatW
>
>
> The death of the book was being confidently predicted when I was a
> Master's
> student in 1996. Oddly I still have the problem of bursting library
> shelves
> and insatiable demand for print books even in so 'electronic' a field as
> medicine. My local Borders bookshop is packed every time I enter, and
> my
> home is awash with books, most of which belong to my partner, an
> academic in
> Classics who is also an insatiable online user (including for buying
> books).
>
> And the paperless office? I wish.
>
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