Stanford University begins e-Library services to students

The Stanford University’s management sure are some very intelligent and technologically updated fellows. By looking through the records of their Engineering Library faculty, they found out that there are a large numbers of books that did not check-out in the past five years. More so, further investigation shows that majority of the engineering students only borrow books to browse through formulas and theories statements. This is largely through. I used to hunt for books in the library only to double confirm the formula usage and some other small details. Hardly have I check-out the books and read those thousand pages Engineering books throughout the whole weekend.

Therefore, to save up resources and spaces, the Stanford University has reduced nearly 85% of the books (from 60,000 to only 10,000) on their dusty shelves. What’s been taken away, has been replaced with digitized books on their online archives.

So instead of carrying the physical volumes, the library will offer access to searchable, digitized versions of books and periodicals—especially useful for engineers who often only need to consult the book for a formula or two in the first place. The new library will still hold 10,000 real deal paper books, but that’s compared to the 60,000 that sat on the shelves in the old library.

Well, I think it’s a smart way to reduce the falling of trees onto unnecessary books that is hardly touched. Since we’ve greatly marched into the digital century, it’s of kush a great idea to digitize books for students, whom majority hold a notebook for studies usage. With the introduction of the e-Library, students can have access to reading materials nearly anywhere with Internet connectivity.