On Campus: Internet Instead Of Books?

Posted May 25th, 2005 by Chief Gadgeteer

Anick Jesdanun Fri May 20, 4:17 PM ET

NEW YORK (AP)–There’s been a change in Ellen Lichtenstein’s study patterns.

For half her classes this past year, she no longer had to visit a library to get the reading materials professors had placed on reserve. Instead, she only needed Internet access and a password.

“It’s as simple as logging into my e-mail account, clicking on a few links and printing it,” said Lichtenstein, 21, a New York University communications senior from Birmingham, Ala. “There’s no going to the library, waiting on line, waiting to Xerox it, there’s none of that.”

And publishing companies are worried precisely because of that ease and convenience–it’s another way for publishers to lose sales.

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