Protesting the Library and Its Switch from Paper to Digital

Where Are the Books? Libraries Under Fire As They Shift from Print to Digital

Michael S. Rosenwald | July 7, 2015

...Around the country, libraries are slashing their print collections in favor of e-books, prompting battles between library systems and print purists, including not only the pre-pixel generation but digital natives who represent a sizable portion of the 1.5 billion library visits a year and prefer print for serious reading.

Protesting the Digital Millennium copyright act in front of the Dirksen Senate office building. Source: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-7/dmca-protest-6.html

<more at http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/where-are-the-books-libraries-under-fire-as-they-shift-from-print-to-digital/2015/07/07/eb265752-1525-11e5-9518-f9e0a8959f32_story.html; related links: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/olmstead/save-the-print-library/comment-page-1/ (Save the Print Library) and http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-libraries-print-books-ebooks-20150708-story.html#page=1 (Some libraries struggle to find balance between print, digital)>