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

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