Sujet : Re: Tom's demons are strong today! Re: RE: Re: Higher Education Is Overrated
De : soloman (at) *nospam* old.bikers.org (Catrike Rider)
Groupes : rec.bicycles.techDate : 31. Dec 2024, 10:16:42
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On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:16:03 -0500, Joy Beeson
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 18:27:07 -0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
>
In the 1960's, the average public library had about 50,000 books on
the shelves. Today, my guess would be about 250,000 books.
>
Public libraries are aggessively reducing the number of books on the
shelves. Ours has a used-book sale every other week, and it isn't
keeping up with the discards.
Our grandchildren will be telling their grandchildren about back in
the old days when books were written on paper and you couldn't even
change the font.