Research Library Western Reserve Historical Society
A 2003 report by the Open E-book Forum found that close to a million e-books had been sold in 2002, generating nearly $8 million in income. One more instance of the shift to digital libraries can be noticed in Cushing Academy’s decision to dispense with its library of printed books—more than 20,000 volumes in all—and switch more than completely to digital media resources. As the quantity of books in libraries have steadily improved considering that their inception, the will need for compact storage and access with sufficient lighting has grown. The stack program entails keeping a library’s collection of books...