School chooses Kindle; are libraries for the history ‘books’?

Cushing Academy is the very model of a modern New England boarding school.

Clock tower? Check.

Maples and meandering footpaths? Check.

Flags representing the 193 home countries of its alumni? Check.

But in the past few years, the old library was in danger of becoming a relic. Its 20,000-book collection was barely used, administrators say. Spot checks last year found that, on some days, fewer than 30 books, or about .15%, circulated. And it was becoming rather lonely down there.

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY

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