Sports jocks library goes digital
BOOKS on paper – are they obsolete? The Cushing Academy, a New England co-ed prep school founded in 1865, is phasing out its library’s 20,000 books and spending nearly $500,000 on a new digital “learning center”. A hefty $42,000 of that will go to pay for three large flat-screen displays. Another $50,000 will go to build a coffee shop, including $12,000 for a cappuccino machine, reports The Boston Globe.
Curious what sort of institution would take the lead in marching into the brave new world of all-electronic books, Feedback turned…
