{"id":42721,"date":"2013-10-10T10:30:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T14:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=42721"},"modified":"2013-10-10T01:28:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T05:28:39","slug":"our-shelves-have-changed-a-look-at-the-evolving-home-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=42721","title":{"rendered":"Our Shelves Have Changed: A Look at the Evolving Home Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Matthew Tansek, Head Editor, INALJ Rhode Island<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Our Shelves Have Changed: A Look at the Evolving Home Library<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Matthew<\/a>There are many articles floating around that would seem to suggest that the home library is going the way of the parlor or the coat room – a throwback to when people read books printed on paper and had not yet learned of the glorious distraction of the television or computer.\u00a0 Many seem to predict that the personal library will only exist in that glowing line between the processors and our fingers.\u00a0 And while I can\u2019t claim that most people have a physical library in their homes, I do suggest that those who love books will never completely trade their shelves in for an electronic equivalent.\u00a0 Simply put, what we have in our home is changing, and I think for the better!<\/p>\n

An unofficial armchair poll of my bibliophile friends<\/strong> I think shows what would be found on a more grand scale.\u00a0 Certain books that don\u2019t translate well into electronic format (especially those that contain a lot of images or diagrams) are still bought like they always have been, and so find places on our shelves.\u00a0 But a greater degree of books that we have a passion for, or have touched us deeply also are what we have all gone out of way to buy.\u00a0 So what does this mean?\u00a0 In short, I and the people I\u2019ve talked to have essentially opted for quality over quantity.\u00a0 No longer do our home libraries contain tattered paperback copies of books (or at least they do to a much lower degree) and look akin to an airport book swap.\u00a0 Instead they are made up of personally significant material, and contain a much higher degree of visual material that simply does not look the same on a digital screen.\u00a0 Cheaper books that we estimate we\u2019ll only read once (that in my case fall often onto the pop culture category) are the ones that exist digitally in my own and in my interviewers\u2019 collection.<\/p>\n

This can have profound effects on a library\u2019s collection development, or a publishers advertising strategy.\u00a0 Future success in both cases revolves around knowing what to market in what category, and why I think it\u2019s worth thinking about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Matthew Tansek, Head Editor, INALJ Rhode Island Our Shelves Have Changed: A Look at the Evolving Home Library There are many articles floating around that would seem to suggest that the home library is going the way of the parlor or the coat room – a throwback to when people read books printed on…<\/p>\n

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