Reply #79: My 80 year old grandmother learned to use a computer... [View All]

[Hippo_Tron]

And I think with the proper instruction people of all ages can learn it.

That being said I do not think we are at the point at all where libraries are obsolete by any means and I don't think we will be there until they can make computer screens as accessible and easy to read as books.

I did a research project this summer that involved many days with four or five hours of reading academic books and journal articles. I enjoyed having the articles in electronic format because they were easy to get to and short enough to sift through on the screen. But I am glad that I had access to a good university library to get all of my books in paper form because I don't think I could stand to read something that long in electronic format.