'How can you defend a higher education institution without books?' said a biology professor at Castleton University in Vermont.
The system plans to keep roughly 30,000 books across five campus libraries, according to Sylvia Plumb, a spokesperson for Vermont State University. That figure is roughly 10% of the approximately 300,000 items in the current collections.
"The refined plan expands upon the original concepts to address the concerns identified by faculty, staff, and students," Plumb said."This is a natural and expected part of the input and operational process."The campuses will also keep a part-time library assistant at Castleton, Johnson, Lyndon, and Randolph, and will hire student workers.
It's unclear how much the"refined plan" differs from the original plan. Plumb said in an email that the savings from the updated plan would be an estimated $500,000,"consistent with the original plan." Speaking to a crowd that gathered at the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier last month—before the refined plan was announced—Devon Hardingthat as a Castleton student with learning disabilities,"the physical library is not a privilege, it's my right."
"My disabilities cannot be accommodated digitally. Eye strain, difficulty tracking lines, blue light effects on ocular health, struggles to focus. These are not problems a screen can help with," she said."Furthermore, I can't afford all my textbooks without the library.
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