“As Donna Corbeil, the library’s director, put it in the library’s annual report, ‘library spaces have moved far beyond the traditional hushed reading room.’ Instead of just offering books at brick and mortar locations, the library is providing services to ‘Berkeley’s continuum of learning and inspiration,’ according to Corbeil.
“This means lending books, magazines, music, and films the way people want them, whether from traditional paper book format to downloadable eBooks and music, to online digital formats.”
Read more: “Berkeley library stays relevant with shift to digital,” at Berkeleyside, February 25, 2013.