This letter was written in response to "College students lead the way as Americans get caught up in the Web," Jan. 22, 2007.
To the Editor,
We at Tisch Library know that college students love the Web. The library devotes close to half of its materials budget to electronic resources, subscribing to more than 15,000 electronic journals and over 300 databases.
The library is an entirely wireless facility, and we have a very popular laptop lending program. We also give courses on how to find and evaluate scholarly web resources, helping students discover quality materials on the Web. Recently, the library initiated an IM reference service with the moniker TischLibrarian.
While we encourage students to make use of all our electronic resources and services, we'd like to point out that our gate count and circulation statistics continue to grow every year.
The library as a physical space is still important, and books continue to be used by the Tufts community, with almost 300,000 circulations in 2006.
Sincerely,Laura WaltersAssistant Director for Teaching and Research, Tisch Library
