Ken Rosenthal: Jones Library Closure Will Change Information Gathering Ways

Ken Rosenthal: Jones Library closure will change information gathering ways

I have written in these pages that the demolition and rebuilding of Amherst’s Jones Library is based on a design that is already out-of-date. The Covid pandemic changed how we create, store and retrieve information. The number of in-person visitors to the Jones each year has declined from about 325,000 to 175,000.

Letter: Expanded Jones Is Way Out of Step With The Future - Amherst Indy

I have written in your pages that the demolition and rebuilding of Amherst’s Jones Library is based on a design that is already out-of-date.  The COVID pandemic changed how we create, store and retrieve information. The number of in-person visitors to the Jones each year has declined from about 325,000 to 175,000. Now that the Jones is closed for rebuilding, the opportunities to use its satellite branches in North and South Amherst reinforce my …