Two studies find that while digital collections may save on library costs, they face significant challenges in implementation. Students and professors prefer physical stacks over digital copies.
Taken together, these studies point to twin conclusions: The sooner professors and students embrace e-books, the sooner their libraries can start saving money — but that might not happen for a while.
While Henry and Spiro acknowledge that libraries seem to be headed in the direction of primarily digital infrastructures, they also note that the journey is slow going.
[Source: Inside Higher Ed]
