Online resources threaten livelihood of libraries

Online resources threaten livelihood of libraries (retrieved from Nature.com)







What is the future of libraries when everything is going digital? Is digital the answer when budgets are tight and agencies are not only closing but restricting access to public documents? See what happens when 5 of the 26 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional libraries close due to budget restraints.

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"Libraries are already working to reinvent themselves in a digital world in which online access is fast reducing the need for rows of books and stacks of journals. But a full transition to electronic resources might not save money as agencies hope."

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Nature 446, 958-959 (26 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/446958b; Published online 25 April 2007 (CORBIS photo courtesy of nature.com)