id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crln-20826 Bahr, Alice Harrison Library buildings in a digital age, why bother? 2000-07-01 4 .pdf application/pdf 2046 121 67 College & Research Libraries news Library buildings in a digital age, why bother? Defending new library buildings and additions to college administrators and trustees by Alice Harrison Bahr T he earnest predictions of the 1980s and early 1990s “that libraries would become superfluous—mausoleums for books—wh so much was available online” hasn’t come to pass, according to David L. Marcus. New library buildings and additions can shore up an institution’s aging tech­ nological infrastructure. cache/crln-20826.pdf txt/crln-20826.txt