$39.5 Million Hi-Tech Library Opens In Illinois

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday March 8, 2011 @08:33AM from the not-your-mother's-library dept.

The new $39.5 million Fountaindale Public Library features: flat-screen TVs, video games, self-checkout stations, a variety of e-readers, and a cafe. Library officials say the new facility is a blueprint for libraries of the future, and will focus on using new technologies. From the article: "The Fountaindale Public Library, with its state-of-the-art, Wi-Fi equipped space, is starkly different from the previous antiquated library, a nearby one-story brick structure built in 1975 that awaits the wrecking ball. Officials are hopeful the new facility attracts a demographic libraries haven't seen in a number of years — young professionals."

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What a money dump by Shompol · 2011-03-08 09:00 · Score: 1, Interesting

"blueprint for libraries of the future"???? How about my home computer as the "libary of the future"? It costs exactly ZERO money to build that, while the convenience factor is sky-high compared to this abomination.
Ah, what, don't want it to be too convenient? Will infringe on the bookstore business? How about you take the gazillion dollars dumped on this library and award it to writers/e-publishers instead, maybe pro-rated per online interest in their books.
I frequently feel that the centralized commie approach to books is better for culture and literacy.