Why Marcel Proust may be leaving your local library
The digital shift | The lit worldDoes your local library stock John Grisham but not Charlotte Bronte? James Patterson but not Thomas Hardy? When was the last time you checked? This opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal describes a disturbing trend among libraries to dump classics and save shelf space for the latest hot sellers. Good bye Swann's Way, hello Who Moved My Cheese?
Bruce Rutledge >> January 11, 2007
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