• TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Those still exist at this time.

      It’s more like they will miss fully having to rely on the library and their family owning a collection of encyclopedia because no internet.

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        8 months ago

        There are still libraries that haven’t computerized their catalog yet? I’m not sure I believe that.

        (To be clear, I’m saying kids won’t get the experience of specifically flipping through paper cards to find books, not the experience of using the library in general.)

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        8 months ago

        I remember my family having an outdated encyclopedia because my aunt, a librarian, would hand off the old copy the library was trying to get rid of. I don’t think I looked at them more than a few times, and even then it was only vaguely useful. Good riddance, online reference material is so much better.