More on Michigan's Hilton

It's worth pointing out the background of James Hilton. Although he is currently "associate provost and interim librarian," he is, in fact, not a librarian but one of those faculty members named to high-ranking positions who then deigns to assume that since faculty use libraries they know all there is to know about libraries and their users. I'm sure Dr. Hilton is an excellent scholar--in his field--but this does not qualify him to pronounce texts in non-digital formats as outdated and doomed for oblivion. I'm glad that in his field, evidently, the literature has gone online, but as a librarian I have a broader perspective and know well that for many disciplines and sub-disciplines, printed and archival materials will remain relevant for the foreseeable future.