Red-Hot Library Lust
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| author | Benton, Thomas H. |
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| contents | Red-Hot Library Lust Benton, Thomas H. College Libraries Library Materials Computer Uses in Education Access to Information Books Thomas Benton (a pseudonym of an associate professor of English at a Midwestern liberal-arts college) describes most college libraries of today as being clean and well-lighted, with metal shelving, veneered tabletops, and banks of computers. He fears that in 20 years, college students will regard books as a "quaint technology"--the way they now regard 33 RPM records--and laments the eventual disappearance of the tactile pleasures of the great university library. For others who find that they miss the old labyrinthine libraries with subterranean vaults, oak-paneled walls, barrel-vaulted ceilings, tread-worn library ladders, dusty old tomes, and exquisite architectural details, he recommends several books: (1) "Treasures of the New York Public Library" (Abrams, 1988); (2) "The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World" (Abrams, 2003; and (3) "Libraries" (Thames & Hudson, 2005). |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| id | eric_EJ756224 |
| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2007 |
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| spellingShingle | Red-Hot Library Lust Benton, Thomas H. College Libraries Library Materials Computer Uses in Education Access to Information Books Red-Hot Library Lust Benton, Thomas H. College Libraries Library Materials Computer Uses in Education Access to Information Books Thomas Benton (a pseudonym of an associate professor of English at a Midwestern liberal-arts college) describes most college libraries of today as being clean and well-lighted, with metal shelving, veneered tabletops, and banks of computers. He fears that in 20 years, college students will regard books as a "quaint technology"--the way they now regard 33 RPM records--and laments the eventual disappearance of the tactile pleasures of the great university library. For others who find that they miss the old labyrinthine libraries with subterranean vaults, oak-paneled walls, barrel-vaulted ceilings, tread-worn library ladders, dusty old tomes, and exquisite architectural details, he recommends several books: (1) "Treasures of the New York Public Library" (Abrams, 1988); (2) "The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World" (Abrams, 2003; and (3) "Libraries" (Thames & Hudson, 2005). |
| title | Red-Hot Library Lust |
| topic | College Libraries Library Materials Computer Uses in Education Access to Information Books |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ756224 |