On Jul 21, 6:06=A0am, Chookie <ehreben...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <-Oudnchd5u4SbeDVnZ2dnUVZ_hOdn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> =A0"Donna Metler" <dmmet...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Even school libraries are often not purchasing encyclopedias now,
altho=
ugh
> > they do tend to subscribe to Britannica Online and similar more
reliabl=
e
> > services as opposed to trusting Wikipedia.
>
> It is much easier (and, I suspect, all round better) for a library to
buy=
a
> sub to an online encyclopedia than to buy a hard copy. =A0The hard copy
i=
s out
> of date by the time it is printed, while the online one is updated
consta=
ntly. =A0
> Consider also the difficulties in handling the heavy volumes, storing
the=
m,
> and disposing of them, and you can see why a subscription is so much
easi=
er to
> buy.
>
> > I assume you could still buy
> > print encyclopedias for home, and I think that for self-led learning,
> > they're a great investment, but I suspect the price has gone up just
du=
e to
> > lack of demand.
>
> Not just lack of demand, but the costs of printing and trans****ting the
> things. =A0Imagine the freight charges...
I think most entries won't go out of date, and it is possible to have
both print and online encylopedias. Near Boston, a new high school is
going to be built for about $200 million
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newto=
n_North_High_School
=2E I'm sure there are lots of frills that should be excised before one
gets to books in the library. Here is a description of the current
school building, which supposedly is not good enough:
"Newton North has a student-run restaurant (the Tiger's Loft) and art
department located on the fourth floor as well as the SOA (Simulated
Outdoor Area) gym; the third floor holds the photography room (with an
extensive darkroom) and TV studio; the second floor (Main Street) has
the Little Theater, library, dance studio; the first floor holds the
pool and gyms, the Graphic Arts department (which supplies the school
with nearly all of its posters and flyers, as well as all of the
teachers' photocopies), Auto Shop, Drafting, Carpentry, the theatre
and music departments (see below for more information on Theatre Ink),
the Lasker Auditorium, and Plowshares, the preschool (where Child
Development students spend some of their class time)."
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