eh, I have several hundred ebooks on all of my devices & get internet access from several different providers - an outage doesnt really impact me in any meaningful way. though I hadnt considered the other resources that libraries offer (per the other comment) - but, again, all of those resources are already freely available elsewhere
That’s a terribly subjective metric, assuming that all have the priviledge or the will to follow that system. But the fact that you don’t need it does not mean that others don’t need it either. I often think that the fact that so much goes through an internet connection is a problem, because I am not garanteed that it works as inteded at all times even when it does. The epub reader needs further software support and a device. But to many the library is the only place to do it. Knowledge is only useful when it’s accessible to all, and that’s where electronic devices are already separating the rich from the poor.
That’s a terribly subjective metric, assuming that all have the priviledge or the will to follow that system. But the fact that you don’t need it does not mean that others don’t need it either. I often think that the fact that so much goes through an internet connection is a problem, because I am not garanteed that it works as inteded at all times even when it does. The epub reader needs further software support and a device. But to many the library is the only place to do it. Knowledge is only useful when it’s accessible to all, and that’s where electronic devices are already separating the rich from the poor.