Sandia Technical Library Closes Book Collection

Signs posted on the stacks at the Sandia Technical Library in Albuquerque, NM shout NO CHECKING OUT!! BOOK COLLECTION CLOSED!! Complete with red NO symbols yet. Yikes! An October 22 article in the Albuquerque Journal reported that they’re re-engineering the library for the “electronic age” and to save $1.1 million Sandia is cutting off access to “hard copy content”. A consultant’s study indicated that library users were increasingly doing research from their desks … so that means print materials are worthless, right? Uh huh. Researchers grumbled, responses were triggered in editorials and letters to the editor, both ALA and SLA sent letters oppposing the proposed closing … Stay tuned.