From the article:

Loriene Roy, president of the American Library Association, was flying home to Austin, Texas, from a conference in Philadelphia in January. During the flight she heard that familiar ping, and an announcer said, “Turn off your electronic equipment.”

Then she heard another sound: a loud rustle as people pulled out their paper books to read.

“Nothing replaces books,” she said.

Even in the age of the Internet, libraries still remain a vital place, Roy said. According to an annual study by Florida State University, “Public Libraries and the Internet 2007” (GCN.com, Quickfind 956), library use continues to increase.

Source: GCN

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