Jan 13, 2013
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America’s first bookless public library will look ‘like an Apple Store’ Bexar County, Texas says that it will open the first 100 percent digital public library system in the country, unveiling plans for its first location this past week. The plan has been in the works for a while, headed up by Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, who says he was inspired to create a digitally native library while reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. 

America’s first bookless public library will look ‘like an Apple Store’

Bexar County, Texas says that it will open the first 100 percent digital public library system in the country, unveiling plans for its first location this past week. The plan has been in the works for a while, headed up by Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, who says he was inspired to create a digitally native library while reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. 

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    But…
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    Interesting.
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    This is what all libraries need
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    A “bookless library” is not
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    This is dumb. If all you needed was a computer or tablet to access everything in a library, you could just, you know,...
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