beingblog: wnyc: Despite the growth of e-readers and digital technology, New Yorkers are spending more time in libraries than ever, says a new report out today from the Center for an Urban Future about the changing role of our city’s public libraries in the digital age. This week on WNYC’s New Tech City, host Manoush Zomorodi delves into the topic and finds the contemporary library is about more than just digitizing documents and lending e-books to patrons on their Kindles and iPads.  This ought to be interesting. Words make worlds. I love the public library - and I spend a lot of time there. On a side note, one of the best ceilings in the city is in the Rose Main Reading Room!
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Despite the growth of e-readers and digital technology, New Yorkers are spending more time in libraries than ever, says a new report out today from the Center for an Urban Future about the changing role of our city’s public libraries in the digital age. This week on WNYC’s New Tech City, host Manoush Zomorodi delves into the topic and finds the contemporary library is about more than just digitizing documents and lending e-books to patrons on their Kindles and iPads. 

This ought to be interesting. Words make worlds.

I love the public library - and I spend a lot of time there. On a side note, one of the best ceilings in the city is in the Rose Main Reading Room!

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