College students at UVA checked out 238,000 books during the school year a decade ago; last year, that number had shrunk to just 60,000.
Before you tsk-tsk today’s kids for their lack of bookishness, note that the trend lines are sliding southward for graduate students and faculty members, too
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
The New Dinosaur
The Atlantic: The Books of College Libraries Are Turning Into Wallpaper - University libraries around the world are seeing precipitous declines in the use of the books on their shelves. by Dan Cohen - Vice Provost for Information Collaboration at Northeastern University
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