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First all-digital library in the U.S. will look like an Apple Store

January 14, 2013 cnet

The BiblioTech bookless library may look like this artist's rendering.

(Credit: My San Antonio) The first book-free library in the U.S. may look pretty familiar to visitors. That's because it's being modeled after an Apple retail store.

Bexar County, Texas, which includes San Antonio, will launch the nation's first all-digital public library system, dubbed BiblioTech, this year. A prototype location on the county's south side is slated to open this fall, and county hopes to open other libraries in the future.

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Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff got his inspiration for the all-digital library from Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, according to the San Antonio Express-News.

"If you want to get an idea what it looks like, go into an Apple store," Wolff said, according to the report.

Here's how it will work, according to the San Antonio Express-News: There won't be an... [Read more]

by Shara Tibken via CNET

First all-digital library in the U.S. will look like an Apple Store

First all-digital library in the U.S. will look like an Apple Store

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