Not a clue Continue to promote reading for those who have difficulty I see textbooks first. For a school library, without every student s ability to access, I see no impact. If type can be displayed in larger sizes, the e-books would be useful for visually handicapped patrons. People don t enjoy sitting at a PC and reading long enough to read a whole book. Shorter pieces, research info is what seems to work best now.
Long run is anyone s guess.
I can see dedicating 1-2 for reference use. I believe downloading ebooks via Internet to a reader or a server or a CD-Rom disk will become more prevalent in the years to come. Our library will most likely embrace the new format when it becomes more widely accepted any used by the general public. Will increase in time as patrons learn to use, more titles available and cost drops so is as inexpensive as borrowing from library. Ratio of print hard copy to ebook format will gradually shift over next few decades.