Reply #49: No, I am an avid reader since childhood

[laurel46]

Sorry if I sounded negative about books and libraries, I worded the post badly

Why have both school libraries and public libraries carry the same books? I don't think that city libraries should become all digital, just have one, city, with the other, school, relying on digital. Plus, text books are bound to go to ebook tablets in the next few years, which is good because text books are over priced and can be rip offs. My husband and I both teach and do research at the university, so we are using online for research as well as pleasure. I agree that nothing will replace a good old fashioned book, however, school texts are different. Check out your local library for ebooks, ours just loaded 20k titles for at home download. Seriously, you see no advantage to digital books?

I was mostly addressing text book and research materials which are better on line, no single library can carry what the entire UC system has on it's nine campuses. This californian electronic library can and should be available for high schools, everywhere. Also book readers like the kindle are set to replace text books and 20 lb backpacks.

Oh, ebook readers will be provided by the schools, will be less than $100.00 if they cost at all, and can be used for years. Not bad.