This might benefit me personally, but not many others. The library here is pretty much unused, existing books are very out of date and we don't have the shelf space for more without removing the older ones. Even if we do that, nobody uses it, so it becomes cyclical.
The core problem is ease of access. With loaning out a book there's anxiety with what happens if you damage or lose it, as there's so much stuff that slips through the cracks with the constant diverse requirements of university work.
My peers also will not be bothered to go through the effort, because it would be most likely a loan that comes from another uni so they'd have to specifically know the title, request it, wait for it to show up, etc.
For me digital is useful for being able to do lookups of something I already know but forgot the details to. However learning something I don't know I cannot be constrained to a tiny phone screen, or a chair, or a laptop. Anything with a screen ends up being associated with other content and it's very difficult to move away from that. With a physical book, I can nest, and I'll actually read it.
My peers have it worse than I do, anything with a screen is snapchat, tiktok, insta, text messages, etc etc. There's so much distraction almost programmed into us.
I do respect that though. Some people learn better digitally or at least don't mind it, and that is the most accessible method. Thank you for your thoughts.
For students is there a system to get physical books on software engineering at a discount? I don't mind a $15 book, but they're typically $30-$50 a pop. I and other students I work with would love to delve further into industry materials, and it's really nice to own an actual book that can be referenced back to and nest with.
The core problem is ease of access. With loaning out a book there's anxiety with what happens if you damage or lose it, as there's so much stuff that slips through the cracks with the constant diverse requirements of university work.
My peers also will not be bothered to go through the effort, because it would be most likely a loan that comes from another uni so they'd have to specifically know the title, request it, wait for it to show up, etc.