I was at a university library in St. Louis and was surprised to find shelves and shelves and shelves of books pertaining to the history of railroads. I had no i

I was at a university library in St. Louis and was surprised to find shelves and shelves and shelves of books pertaining to the history of railroads. I had no idea that so many volumes had been written on this topic; I seriously doubt that all of these (possibly even any of these) are available as Kindle ebooks. For that matter, many of the books in my own personal collection are still in print as paper books, but not available as ebooks. I'm not sure how public libraries will continue to survive, but I'm not entirely sure how they are surviving now. It seems to me that the biggest chunk of their business is lending recent pop fiction novels and providing free internet access. But the point is, there is still lots of information ostensibly accessible in libraries that is not available on the Kindle. It'd be a shame if that information just vanished because people could get their pop fiction for free from Amazon. But maybe that's the difference between public libraries and university / research libraries. Perhaps the two should merge, with the university libraries (which are funded and needed by the universities) also servicing the general public. The library at Cornell College operates this way.