Print is not disappearing
Books are still being published � over 50,000 last year just in this country.
Copyright is not going away � it is human nature to want to own one�s intellectual property.
Kids growing up with computers are supposed to become comfortable reading narrative online � how many kids would have read Harry Potter online, do you think?
Books must be reviewed by editors, reviewers, and library professionals before being made available in a library, vs. anyone being able to mount anything on the Web.
Notes:
Even futurists admit that people will print out anything longer than 500 words or so.
Kids are being accustomed to screen displays that require shorter rather than longer attention spans.
The assumption that only electronic formats need to be regarded as important is an abandonment of librarians� professional responsibility to preserve records of knowledge in stable formats and with intellectual quality control.