Libraries and Books

    I use a computer but twenty words on paper are worth a thousand on a computer. I like books and libraries. I have several observations to make.

• The tradition of silence in a library ought to be abandoned. Silence can be more intrusive.
• Publishers should print books in a just a few sizes. Look at the mess of books on shelf
• Publishers should print the title of a book on the back parallel to the shelf, not perpendicular to it in order to save people and making books more attractive
• Exclude books of fiction from a library. A library should be used for information, not entertainment
• Anyone caught cutting a page out of a book, magazine, newspapers in a library should be severly penalised
• Reduce the price of the books especiallly text books for students

Reference: Andy Rooney's years of minutes