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Books 2.0: Public Libraries Tap Web Applications to Open New Chapter

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Walsh, Trudy. "Books 2.0 Public Libraries Tap Web Applications to Open New Chapter." Government Computer News, March 4, 2008.

"Loriene Roy, president of the American Library Association, was flying home to Austin, Texas, from a conference in Philadelphia in January. During the flight she heard that familiar ping, and an announcer said, 'Turn off your electronic equipment.'"

"Then she heard another sound: a loud rustle as people pulled out their paper books to read."

" 'Nothing replaces books,' she said."

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