From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   Today I visited a local University where an employee, a friend of   
   mine, was having his retirement sendoff. While I was there, I had a   
   look in their Library.   
      
   I can remember, years ago, the Library building had four levels, each   
   full of books. Now, the building is twice the size, by adding the   
   equivalent of a second building’s worth of floor space beside the   
   existing one, so it still has four levels, each with double the area.   
   But all the books (that would have been part of the old collection)   
   now fit on just one level. There is a new specialist “Law Library” on   
   another level, but the rest is filled with computer terminals, meeting   
   spaces etc.   
      
   So four (old-size) floors’ worth of books is now down to just two.   
      
   I had a look at the computing section. I found books dating back ten   
   years or more. Apart from historical interest, I can’t see much of   
   that being of value to the current students.   
      
   So, like it or not, we are steadily moving more and more into an   
   online world. And some subjects are moving faster than others.   
      
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