Texas has seen the future of the public library, and it looks a lot like an Apple Store [...].
Even the librarians imitate Apple’s dress code, wearing matching shirts and that standard-bearer of geek-chic, the hoodie. But this $2.3 million library might be most notable for what it does not have — any actual books.
That makes Bexar County’s BiblioTech the nation’s only bookless public library.
— washingtonpost.com
8 Comments
Score another invention from Star Trek. Guess they are running out of space in Texas, no room for books.
F'in stupid. Once the realize they are writing big checks every 3 years for upgrades then they'll wish they invested in some books.
Yo+1,
That system you bought last year that had more computation capacity than you'll ever need... we'll, it's time to upgrade. That's where they get you. And then you have to transfer everything to the latest systems. Sustainable for whom?
The largest group of users of physical stacks are children and parents of young children - which also make up the largest total group of library users (in terms of both circulation and users of programming). tech users are largely young adults - which is a significant portion of library users, but people still check out books, and we know that people generally prefer physical copies to e-books.
who is this for? this seems really short-sighted.
Also, isn't the consensus that the desktop computer is dead now that everyone has a smartphone?
but they "saved millions on architecture"!
some comments here are purely knee jerk but the space sure looks like an architect's office these days. Who would know?
F 451 much?
Block this user
Are you sure you want to block this user and hide all related comments throughout the site?
Archinect
This is your first comment on Archinect. Your comment will be visible once approved.