Thing 20

What am I observing about books and reading in my library? Well, books and reading are still popular, but free air conditioning and bathrooms have dethroned (pun intended) it from the top five reasons people visit our library. The death of books, like Elvis, has been greatly exaggerated. With the advent of ebook readers, some are claiming it's the end of printed materials. It reminds me of when people said that the series of tubes known as the internets (sic) was the end of libraries. I'm for any device or website—2.0 or otherwise—that encourages reading and literacy.