The biggest source of growth, though, has come from universities that need computer desks, library carrels and chairs, and corporations that want to redo their boardrooms.
Perhaps the most telling indication of the change in the signature Gates swagger is how the foundation handled one of its first big "solution" announcements: About three years ago, the foundation issued a press release declaring that it had provided at least one computer to every library in America.
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Aside from being a thoroughly civilized place in which to enjoy a good book, the library contains a computer terminal and large glass jars of freshly baked cookies.
The hosts dismiss the old analogies of memory being like a library or even a computer, although these metaphors are at times useful.
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Rashid-ul-Haq showed off the library, then the computer room.
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As well as 16 classrooms the two-storey structure has facilities including a computer suite, staff room, hall, office block and library.
In the meantime, it is not quite clear who will actually use the library except, perhaps, local researchers using its computer systems to access works that are held elsewhere.
One day the caretaker at the Selden mosque was sitting next to Vinas in the public library and saw that he was staring at his computer, mesmerized by an account of Joseph Cohen, a Jew who converted to Islam.
The Texas State Library Archives Commission is using BTOP funding to add and upgrade computer centers in libraries, community colleges, schools, recreation centers and other public buildings around the state.
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Miller said users will know instantly if the library makes changes to documents, a feature not available on the current system because of incompatibility among computer systems.
Eventually this might lead to smaller collections of printed books on library shelves, but it also could free up space to meet growing community needs for meeting rooms and computer labs.
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